Liner giants COSCO and MSC are being sued by US pipeline operator Amplify Energy Corp. in relation to a massive oil spill resulting from a broken pipeline off Long Beach port in California.
In the incident on 1 October 2021, 25,000 gallons of crude oil were discharged from a crack in the 16-inch San Pedro Bay Pipeline.
On 15 December 2021, a federal grand injury indicted Amplify and two of its subsidiaries for illegally and negligently discharging oil.
Eight alarms were sounded over a 13-hour...
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