The captain of a Panama-flagged chemical tanker was sentenced to eight months in prison for illegally dumping oil-contaminated waste into the water.
In addition, his employers, Prive Overseas Marine and Prive Shipping Denizcilik Ticaret, were fined $2 million in federal court in New Orleans.
The case focuses on the tanker P/S Dream, which was en route to New Orleans in January 2023 when Captain Abdurrahman Korkmaz ordered the crew to throw garbage overboard.
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