US Department of Justice

Shipping company fined $1,750,000 for false report on oil record book

A vessel operating company has been fined by the US Department of Justice to pay the amount of $1,750,000 and serve a 4-year term of probation for maintaining false and incomplete records relating to the discharge of bilge waste from the tank vessel Topaz Express, a felony violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.

Specifically, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (Singapore) PTE LTD’s chief engineer and second engineer pleaded guilty of being involved in federal court.

It is reported that...

https://safety4sea.com/shipping-company-fined-1750000-for-false-report-on-oil-record-book/

US Fines Tanker Vessel Operator $1.75 Million & Convicts For Unlawful Discharge Of Bilge Waste

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Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (Singapore) PTE LTD. (Bernhard), a vessel operating company, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of maintaining false and incomplete records relating to the discharge of bilge waste from the tank vessel Topaz Express, a felony violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.

U.S. District Judge Derrick K. Watson of the District of Hawaii accepted the guilty plea. Chief Engineer Skenda Reddy and vessel Second Engineer Padmanaban Samirajan previously...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/us-fines-tanker-vessel-operator-1-75-million-convicts-for-unlawful-discharge-of-bilge-waste/

Two shipping companies, crew member charged for oily waste dumping

A federal grand jury in Oakland charged two shipping companies and a First Assistant Engineer with failing to maintain an Oil Record Book for bilge water discharges into the sea about three nautical miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge and with obstruction of justice, the US Department of Justice announced.

The indictment alleges that the 16,408 gross-ton, ocean-going motor tanker ‘Zao Galaxy’ was owned by FGL Moon Marshall Limited, a Marshall Islands company, and operated by Unix Line Pte Ltd.,...

https://safety4sea.com/two-shipping-companies-crew-member-charged-for-oily-waste-dumping/

Shipping companies falsify oil record book, fined $1.8 million

The US Department of Justice fined two shipping companies, incorporated in Liberia, for failing to notify the USCG  of a hazardous condition on one of their vessels and to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) by presenting false documents to the Coast Guard that covered up vessel oil pollution.

Defendants Nederland Shipping Company and Chartworld Shipping Company are the owner and operator of the 13,049 gross ton, ocean-going, refrigerated cargo/container vessel called the...

https://safety4sea.com/shipping-companies-falsify-oil-record-book-fined-1-8-million/

Turkish owner sentenced for conspiracy to violate US sanctions

The owner of the Istanbul-based Turkish business Ramor Dis Ticaret Ltd. (Ramor Group) was sentenced in Federal District Court in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to 27 months imprisonment in connection with his conviction for conspiracy to violate US sanctions by exporting specialized marine equipment from the US to Iran between 2013 to 2015.

On 2 April 2019, Resit Tavan, a Turkish citizen, had pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to violate US sanctions on Iran under the International Emergency Economic Powers...

https://safety4sea.com/turkish-owner-sentenced-for-conspiracy-to-violate-us-sanctions/

Tanker Ship Owner, Operator & Senior Officers Fined US$ 3 Million And Convicted Of Violations For Air Pollution

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U.S. Attorney Gretchen Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced that IONIAN SHIPPING & TRADING CORP., LILY SHIPPING LTD., STAMATIOS ALEKIDIS, ATHANASIOS PITTAS and REY ESPULGAR have been convicted and sentenced for various pollution, recordkeeping, and obstruction of justice crimes on the Motor Tanker (“M/T”) Ocean Princess in St. Croix, U.S.V.I.

The defendants’ conduct included using fuel that exceeded the maximum allowable sulfur concentration in the U.S. Caribbean Emission...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/tanker-ship-owner-operator-senior-officers-fined-us-3-million-and-convicted-of-violations-for-air-pollution/

Shipping company fined 1.5 million for using magic pipe

The US Department of Justice announced that Portline Bulk International has pleaded guilty in a federal court to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships and obstruction. The charges stem from the falsification of the Oil Record Book onboard the M/V Achilleus, a Maltese-flagged ocean-going bulk carrier ship managed by Defendant Portline.

According to the Department of Justice, in the timeframe of April 2017 to August 2018, senior members of the vessel’s engineering team oversaw and...

https://safety4sea.com/shipping-company-fined-1-5-million-for-using-magic-pipe/

Manager, owner and chief engineer charged for failure to keep oil records

A US jury charged a Greek ship management company, the ship owner, and the Chief Engineer of the Nigerian-flagged oil tanker ‘M/T Evridiki’ for failing to keep accurate pollution control records, falsifying records, and obstruction of justice, the US Department of Justice announced.

Namely, a federal grand jury in Wilmington, Delaware, returned a four-count indictment on 16 May charging Evridiki Navigation Inc., Liquimar Tankers Management Services Inc., and Nikolaos Vastardis,...

https://safety4sea.com/manager-owner-and-chief-engineer-charged-for-failure-to-keep-oil-records/

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