Bought 2 tankers, broke Iran sanctions, gets prison term
A complex scheme to evade U.S. Iran sanctions has not turned out too well for onetime tanker owner Behrouz Mokhtari, 72, of McLean, Va. This week, he was sentenced to 41 months
A complex scheme to evade U.S. Iran sanctions has not turned out too well for onetime tanker owner Behrouz Mokhtari, 72, of McLean, Va. This week, he was sentenced to 41 months
Europe’s FuelEU legislation has now been adopted by the European Council and will come fully into effect from January 2025, though some requirements will come into effect from August 31, 2024. The
A federal whistleblower investigation has determined that the Maersk Group’s U.S.-flag operation, Maersk Line Limited, suspended and terminated a seaman illegally after he had reported numerous safety concerns about a company vessel
U.S. District Judge Alfred Bennett has ordered Stavanger, Norway, based Clipper Shipping AS to pay a $1.5 million fine after the company pleaded guity to discharging oily bilge water from the tanker
Compliance with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Vessel General Permit regulations under the Clean Water Act can get complicated. Failure to comply can get expensive. The EPA has settled with two shipping
Metals and other environmentally hazardous substances in ships’ scrubber discharge water are putting the marine environment at risk, according to a new study from researchers at Sweden’s prestigious Chalmers University of Technology.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans Steamboat Company (NOSC), was charged on May 26, 2023, with violating the Clean Water Act (CWA) in connection
A U.S. court may have just sentenced Colombia’s “Prince of the Semisubmersibles” to a hefty prison term, but that doesn’t mean that the narco sub problem has gone away. On May 12,
On May 2, 2023, the Department of Transportation published a final rule in the Federal Register allowing oral fluid testing to be used for DOT drug tests, in place of urine-based testing,
Glyfada, Greece, headquartered Zeus Lines Management S.A. pleaded guilty on Monday in Providence, Rhode Island, to maintaining false and incomplete records relating to the illegal discharge of oily bilge and for failing