Authorities in Solomon Islands have laid 102 charges in relation to the sinking of a ferry last year which killed 27 people.
The MV Taimareho sank between the capital, Honiara, and Malaita last April, after it set sail despite cyclone warnings.
Eleven people - including the ship's captains - have been charged with offences including sending an unsafe vessel to sea, failing to comply with international convention, and overloading a vessel.
The management, captain and crew of the MV Taimareho are at the centre of two investigations into a tragic incident at sea during which 27 people died after being swept overboard. Photo: WAC Shipping Community Company Ltd
They are all due to appear in the High Court in Honiara on Friday.
The MV Taimareho sank in the early hours of April 3 last year in rough seas whipped up by Cyclone Harold, which was then a category two.
The dead were mostly High School students who were swept overboard by huge waves.
Only six bodies were ever recovered.
