Oil tanker crew plead guilty to pollution charges in New Jersey

The Greek-flagged oil tanker Kriti Ruby in 2022

Two ship engineers on a foreign-registered commercial oil tanker have pleaded guilty to charges related to the concealment of pollution by falsifying records, with the chief engineer also pleading guilty to charges related to the discharge of oily waste into the sea from a commercial vessel near a...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/tankers/oil-tanker-crew-plead-guilty-to-pollution-charges-in-new-jersey/

Two tanker engineers plead guilty to pollution charges

The chief engineer and second engineer of the 47,999 dwt, Greek-flagged oil tanker M/T Kriti Ruby, which is operated by Avin International, pleaded guilty May 7 to charges related to the concealment of pollution by falsifying records. The chief engineer also pleading guilty to charges related to the discharge of oily waste into the sea from a commercial vessel near a petroleum terminal in Sewaren, N.J..

The maximum penalty on each pollution charge is six years in prison and a maximum fine of...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/two-tanker-engineers-plead-guilty-to-pollution-charges/