US fines Greek shipping companies for air pollution violations

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US Attorney Gretchen Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced that two Greek Shipping companies have been convicted and sentenced for various pollution, record-keeping, and obstruction of justice crimes.

The defendants’ conduct included using fuel that surpassed the maximum allowable sulfur concentration in the US Caribbean Emission Control Area (US Caribbean ECA) and efforts to deceive US Coast Guard inspectors about the source of the fuel being used on a tanker.

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