EWS International was fined £180000 and ordered to pay costs of £59 554 at Liverpool Crown Court on November 16, having earlier pleaded guilty to one charge under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and one charge under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Originally BR's European railfreight business, EWS1 was purchased by Deutsche Bahn in 2007 and now trades as DB Schenker.
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