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Cargo ship’s chief engineer pleads guilty to violating Pollution Prevention Act
United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court, May 3, Vaja Sikharulidze, a citizen of Georgia, pled guilty before United States District Judge James C. Dever, III to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, in violation of Title 33, United States Code, Sections 1901, et. seq. A Criminal Information was filed on April 23. Read more »
Another Ship Operator Pleads Guilty, Concealing Pollution
Another Ship Operator Pleads Guilty, Concealing Pollution
A Panamanian company that operated a 40,000-ton oil tanker ship that regularly made calls in multiple ports in Texas pleaded guilty Oct. 21 in federal court in Houston for deliberately concealing pollution discharges from the ship directly into the sea, the Justice Department announced.
MARPOL amendments adopted
MARPOL amendments to prevent pollution during ship-to-ship oil transfer operations adopted
Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) – 59th session: 13 – 17 July, 2009.
Amendments to the MARPOL Convention to prevent pollution during ship-to-ship oil transfer operations were adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) when it met for its 59th session from 13 to 17 July 2009, at the IMO Headquarters in London. Read more »
Shipboard Personnel Plead Guilty in US to Concealing Vessel Pollution
The Chief Engineer and the Second Engineer on a Cyprus-flagged vessel, pleaded guilty on July 20th, in U.S. District Court in Trenton, N.J., to using falsified records that concealed improper discharges of untreated bilge waste from the cargo ship, the Justice Department announced. Read more »
New convention on safe and recycling of ships
International Conference on the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, Hong Kong, China, 11-15 May 2009.
A new international Convention on ship recycling has been adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 is aimed at ensuring that ships, when being recycled after reaching the end of their operational lives, do not pose any unnecessary risk to human health and safety or to the environment. Read more »
