Unix Line enters guilty plea in pollution case

Singapore-based Unix Line Pte Ltd., the primary ship management arm of MOL Chemical Tankers, pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to a violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. In

Guilty plea in Austal USA fraud case

Japanese fishing company fined, banned from U.S. waters

The U.S. Department of Justice reports that Japanese fishing company Fukuichi Gyogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Fukuichi), was convicted and sentenced today in the District of Guam for two violations of the Act to

Discharge caught on camera by crew member leads to $2 million fine

DECEMBER 14, 2018 — A thumb drive containing videos were given to the Coast Guard by a crew member of Navios Tankers Management-managed ship has led to Navimax Corporation, incorporated in the

Guilty pleas mean $4 million fine for pollution, up to 5 years for lying

NOVEMBER 27, 2018 — The U.S. Department of Justice reports that two Greek shipping companies, Avin International Ltd, and Nicos I.V. Special Maritime Enterprises, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Beaumont,

Ship manager to pay $1 million dollar fine in magic pipe case

JULY 19, 2018 — Singapore based Hai Soon Ship Management has been sentenced to pay a fine of $1 million and serve a two-year term of probation for charges stemming from its

Like father, like son: Guilty verdict in pollution case

APRIL 6, 2018 – In the latest development in a father-and-son pollution case, Randall Fox, one-time captain of the fishing vessel Native Sun and son of its owner Bingham Fox, was found

Tanker operator, master cop plea in pollution case

FEBRUARY 26, 2018 — Athens, Greece, headquartered Sea World Management & Trading, Inc. and Edmon Fajardo were convicted today for maintaining false and incomplete records relating to the discharge of oil and

MST charged with Oil Record Book violations

AUGUST 23, 2017 — A federal grand jury in Portland, Maine, returned a nine-count indictment yesterday charging the manager and owner of a 2016-built Liberian flagged bulker with offenses related to the vessel’s Oil

Fine, probation in Alaska pollution case

MARCH 22, 2017 — A federal court in Alaska has sentenced East West Seafoods LLC, a State of Washington company that owns the 472 ft seafood processing vessel F/V Pacific Producer, to

Guilty plea in fishing vessel pollution case

MARCH 20, 2017 — Randall Fox, a captain of the fishing vessel Native Sun, and son of its owner, Bingham Fox, pleaded guilty March 16 in federal court in Seattle, Washington, for

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