Rotten Company

Wallenius Wilhelmsen ASA

Approved Evidence

Added to Rotten Company: 8/23/2026
Conduct/Event period: February 2000–September 2012
Ongoing: No
Resolution status: Resolved
Resolution date: September 13, 2016
misconduct

Wallenius Wilhelmsen USD 98.9 million ocean-shipping price-fixing plea

Summary

The U.S. Department of Justice charged Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics AS with participating in a long-running conspiracy among international roll-on/roll-off ocean carriers to fix prices, rig bids and allocate customers and routes for vehicle shipping services to and from the United States. The conspiracy ran from at least February 2000 until at least September 2012. WWL agreed to plead guilty and pay a USD 98.9 million criminal fine, and the plea agreement was filed in September 2016. Sources: https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/wwl-pay-989-million-fixing-prices-ocean-shipping-services-cars-and-trucks and https://www.justice.gov/atr/case/us-v-wallenius-wilhelmsen-logistics

Evidence Weight
100.00
Severity: high
Recency Weight: 99.99915396736745
File Weight: 1