JULY 6, 2016 — Schnaittenbach, Germany, headquartered Mineralien Schiffahrt Spedition und Transport GmbH (MST), operator of the M/V Cornelia, will pay penalties totaling $1 million after yesterday pleaded guilty in U.S. District
APRIL 11,2016 — Norwegian shipping company DSD Shipping (DSD) is to pay a total corporate penalty of $2.5 million as a result of convictions in Mobile, AL, for obstructing justice, violating the
MARCH 11, 2016 — U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes reports that a Seattle, WA, grand jury in Seattle has indicted two shipping companies and two engineers for crimes related to the illegal
JANUARY 15, 2016 — A Turkish ship management company, Ciner Gemi Acente Isletni Sanayi Ve Ticaret S.A., is to pay $1.05 million after pleading guilty to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution
JULY 8, 2015 — Valerii Georgiev, 42, a Russian citizen, and the former chief mate of the ocean cargo vessel M/V Murcia Carrier, has been sentenced to a term of three months
JUNE 12, 2015 — Following an indictment in Mobile, AL, last month for related conduct (see earlier story), Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskab AS (DSD Shipping) and four employees are now under three-count indictment
MAY 13, 2015 — A federal grand jury in Mobile, AL, has returned a seven-count indictment charging Stavanger, Norway, headquartered Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskab AS (DSD Shipping) and four employees with violating the
MARCH 6, 2015 — At a sentencing hearing in Tampa, FL, U.S. District Court Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has ordered Italian shipowner Carbofina S.p.A. to pay an overall criminal penalty of
FEBRUARY 24, 2015 — The chief engineer of a car carrier involved in a magic pipe case received a prison term at a February 20 sentencing hearing in Baltimore, MD.Chief U.S. District
FEBRUARY 2, 2015 — A whistleblower is to collect $250,000 in a “magic pipe” case in which the Hachiuma Steamship Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of Japan’s NYK Line, is to pay $1.8