BIS remands $31m civil penalty against Nordic Maritime

The Undersecretary for the US Commerce Dept’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has vacated a civil penalty of $31,425,760 recommended by the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) against Nordic Maritime Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based marine seismic and offshore services company, and its chairman. See Notice. Nordic Maritime admitted knowingly exporting and using US-origin maritime survey equipment without a licence in …