Brazilian officials have rejected a complaint against Canada’s Fednav and Rio de Janeiro-based Zemax Group that had claimed irregularities in the country’s domestic trades.
The National Water Transport Agency (ANTAQ) found that there was no evidence of violation by the 37,100-dwt handysize bulker Federal Spey (built 2012) when it carried a cargo for Zemax in Brazilian coastal trades.
“There is no substantial evidence in the complaint to support an administrative violation concerning the operation of coastal shipping without ANTAQ authorisation,” regional manager Jonas Soares Dos Santos wrote in the decision.
