The Saint John Law Courts building. (Brad Perry/Wave News)
New Brunswick Southern Railway will not stand trial on charges related to the transport of oil.
The subsidiary of J.D. Irving, Ltd. pleaded guilty to two charges in Saint John provincial court on Thursday while 22 others were withdrawn.
It will have to pay $10,000 in fines and $40,000 to implement research programs in the field of safety standards.
The charges stemmed from a Transport Canada investigation launched after the deadly Lac-Megantic rail disaster.
Twelve of the charges related to not having the required shipping documents for petroleum crude oil and the other 12 had to do with unqualified personnel handling the shipments.
The violations took place between November of 2012 and July of 2013.
In October of 2017, Irving Oil had to pay $4 million after the company pled guilty to 34 charges under the same act relating to the misclassification of certain rail shipments of crude oil and the training of employees.
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