UK Ship Master Gets Suspended Sentence, Company Fined £180,000 in Fatal Baltic Sea Collision

A UK ship master and management company have received sentences at Southampton Crown Court for a fatal 2021 collision that claimed two lives off Sweden’s coast, highlighting systemic failures in maritime safety protocols.

Sam Farrow, 33, of London, received an eight-month suspended jail sentence and £25,000 in costs, while Intrada Ships Management Ltd was fined £180,000 with £500,000 in costs for the December 13, 2021, incident.

The collision occurred when the UK-registered Scot Carrier struck the Denmark-registered Karin Hoj in the Bornholmsgattet strait, causing it to capsize and resulting in the deaths of two crew members.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) prosecution revealed serious safety breaches a…