Previously Convicted German Shipping Operator Sentenced To Pay $3.2 Million For Environmental Crimes

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A German shipping company, MST Mineralien Schiffahrt Spedition und Transport GmbH (MST), pleaded guilty and was sentenced in Portland, Maine, for obstruction of justice and for maintaining false official records to conceal deliberate pollution from one of its ships, the M/V Marguerita, announced Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey B. Clark for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division and United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank for the District of Maine.

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https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/previously-convicted-german-shipping-operator-sentenced-to-pay-3-2-million-for-environmental-crimes/

UK released guidance on MARPOL surveyors

The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78) Annex II, Regulation 16 requires the Government of each member within the convention to have surveyors for exercising control procedures as developed by the IMO.

Namely, according to the UK Government a MARPOL Surveyor will only be able to attend if a ship owner or his agent requires it. The duties of a MARPOL Surveyor are briefly:

  • To attend the completion of the unloading of all Category X substances and...

https://safety4sea.com/uk-released-guidance-on-marpol-surveyors/

OMI: MEPC 73 – prohiben transporte de combustible pesado para propulsión

El comité para la protección del medio ambiente marino MEPC 73 de la OMI ha adoptado la enmienda del la convención MARPOL donde prohiben transporte de combustible pesado para propulsión conforme a la regla Azufre 2020 a bordo de los buques. Ver artículo explicatorio de la medida Azufre 2020 de la...

https://fullavantenews.com/omi-mepc73-prohiben-transporte-combustible-pesado-propulsion/?lang=es

Gard: Complying with food waste discharge regulations

MARPOL allows unprocessed food waste to be discharged into the sea from vessels proceeding at a distance not less than 12 nautical miles from the nearest land. However, according to Gard not all coastal states define their ‘nearest land boundary’ in the same way.

According to Gard, a vessel was detained in Australian for illegally discharging food waste into Australian waters. The alleged incident took place when the vessel was 13 nautical miles (nm) from shore.

In addition, before this incident,...

https://safety4sea.com/gard-complying-with-food-waste-discharge-regulations/

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