FEBRUARY 23, 2017 — A federal jury in Charleston, South Carolina, late yesterday convicted two chief engineers of the vessel, T/V Green Sky, of falsifying documents in order to conceal illegal discharges
JANUARY 12, 2017 —The Department of Justice reports that two Greek shipping companies — Oceanfleet Shipping Limited and Oceanic Illsabe Limited — were sentenced yesterday to pay corporate penalties totaling $2.7 million
DECEMBER 7, 2016 — The Department of Justice reports that Cassius Samson, 52, and Rustico Ignacio, 66, both of the Philippines, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Malcolm Howard for the
DECEMBER 1, 2016 —The Department of Justice reports that Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty to seven felony charges stemming from its deliberate pollution of the seas and intentional
NOVEMBER 22, 2016 — A senior engineering officer employed by Italian shipping company D’Amico was yesterday sentenced today to eight months in prison for deliberately concealing a vessel’s discharge of oily waste
OCTOBER 21, 2016 — U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour today sentenced the operator and the owner of the 74,133 Cyprus-flagged bulker Gallia Graeca to a $1.3 million fine for the dumping
SEPTEMBER 2, 2016 — A federal jury in Greenville, North Carolina, has convicted Oceanic Illsabe Limited, Oceanfleet Shipping Limited and two of their employees of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from
AUGUST 18, 2016 — South Korea’s Doorae Shipping has done it again. Back in April, the company was sentenced to pay a fine of $750,000 and a community service payment of $200,000
JUNE 21, 2016 — A U.S. District Court jury in Seattle yesterday convicted two shipping companies and two engineers on 12 felony counts related to the illegal discharge of oily wastewater from
APRIL 8, 2016 — The father and son owner and captain of a commercial fishing vessel, the Native Sun, were indicted Thursday for conspiracy and for violations of the Clean Water Act