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Korean shipping company pleads guilty to environmental crimes
A Korean shipping company pled guilty on January 12, 2012 to three felonies involving environmental crimes violations.
The Company was sentenced by a federal judge in Honolulu to pay a $1.1 million dollar fine . $250,000 of which will be used to improve Hawaii’s coral reefs.
The company admitted to dumping oily bilge waste into the waters off Hawaii, and tried to cover it up by falsifying the ship’s record book.
Greek Shipowner cops plea, agrees to pay $2 million criminal penalty
Greek Shipowner pleaded guilty in federal court in New Orleans for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and obstruction of justice, announced Assistant Attorney General Ignacia S. Moreno and U.S. Attorney Jim Letten. Read more »
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ): Guilty Plea and Fine in Pollution Case
U.S. Attorney S. Amanda Marshall and Oregon Attorney General John Kroger jointly announced that the owner and operator of a Cyprus-based vessel pleaded guilty today to felony oil pollution charges. The Company was pleaded guilty to one count each of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, and knowingly making false statements to the U.S. Coast Guard. As part of the plea agreement, the companies agreed to pay a $750,000 fine. Half of the fine – $375,000 – will go to the Oregon Governor’s Fund for the Environment, which is dedicated to local environmental cleanup and restoration efforts focused on preserving and protecting Oregon’s rivers, watersheds, and fish and wildlife.
Sentences in US for Marpol Violations
Other sentences were issued in the last four months in US due to Marpol Violations.
A Chief Engineer was sentenced to six months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for obstructing a Coast Guard inspection that took place in May 2010 aboard a Liberian-operated cargo ship at the Port of Baltimore. In a related case, the ship-owner and operator of the vessel previously pleaded guilty to obstructing a Coast Guard examination and violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. The company was sentenced in February 2011 to pay a $2.4 million fine, and to serve three years probation, subject to an environmental compliance plan that includes audits by an independent third party auditor.
Greek Ship Owner Pleads Guilty To Pollution In Texas
Greek-based ship management company, Noka Shipping, has been sentenced to pay a total of $900,000 in penalties after pleading guilty to concealing pollution discharges from a cargo ship that docked in two Texan ports last year
Noka had also failed to notify the Coast Guard of the safety hazards present aboard the 29,414 ton cargo ship, M/V Florin, not properly maintaining an oil record book which did not report excessive amounts of oil in ship machinery, oil leaks in the main engine and generator, oil present in the fire suppression system, and an authorized oil drainage system for the engine room.
