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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics AS
Current Parent Company: Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics
Penalty: $98,900,000
Year: 2016
Date: July 13, 2016
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Mega-Scandal: Price Fixing
Violation Description: Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics AS, a Norwegian corporation, agreed to plead guilty and pay a $98.9 million criminal fine for its involvement in a conspiracy to fix prices of international ocean shipments of roll-on, roll-off cargo to and from the Port of Baltimore and other locations in the United States.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Antitrust Division
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
HQ Country of Current Parent: Norway
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: freight and logistics
Specific Industry of Current Parent: freight services
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