The largest penalty, $70.56 million in criminal fines and $11.3 million in civil disgorgement, will be paid by Panalpina, which made bribery payments on behalf of customers. The Justice Department agreed to defer prosecution and eventually drop conspiracy charges against the parent company, Panalpina World Transport, if it complies with antibribery statutes in the future. The company’s United States subsidiary pleaded guilty to violating the books and records provisions of the antibribery act and to aiding and abetting its customers in doing so.

Monika Ribar, Panalpina’s chief executive, said the settlements “mark the end of an extremely burdensome chapter in Panalpina’s history and the end of a very demanding three-year effort to address and eliminate serious concerns” about the conduct. She added, “Based on our new leadership and significant enhancements of our compliance systems, we are much stronger today.

Pride International will pay a $32.6 million criminal penalty and a $23.5 million civil settlement on charges that it paid $800,000 in bribes to government officials in Venezuela, India and Mexico. The bribes went to extend drilling contracts for offshore rigs in Venezuela, to settle a customs dispute in India and to avoid duties on drilling equipment in Mexico.

During the investigation, Pride provided information and “substantially assisted in the investigation” of Panalpina, the Justice Department said. Both Panalpina and Pride, as well as Shell, Transocean and Tidewater, agreed to cooperate with American and foreign authorities in any continuing investigations of corrupt payments and to carry out enhanced compliance and reporting.

Royal Dutch Shell will pay a total of $48 million in penalties  $30 million in the criminal case and $18 million in civil disgorgement. Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary paid $2 million to subcontractors with the knowledge that some or all of the money would be used for bribes to Nigerian customs officials, the Justice Department said. Shell officials could not be reached for comment.

Transocean will pay $20.64 million  $13.44 million in criminal penalties and $7.2 million in disgorgement, penalties and interest. Tidewater will pay $15.65 million, or $7.35 million in criminal penalties and $8.3 million in the civil case.