Jury finds Unix Line first engineer guilty in “magic pipe” case
Following a two week trial in Oakland, Calif., Gilbert Fajardo Dela Cruz, the first engineer of the 26,060 dwt Unix Line tanker Zao Galaxy, has been found guilty of aiding and abetting
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Rivertrace and Prevention at Sea partner on integrated Smartsafe ε-ORB discharge monitoring system
Water quality monitoring specialist Rivertrace Limited has integrated the ε-ORB software application developed by marine risk prevention specialist Prevention at Sea Ltd into its Smartsafe ORB bilge overboard security system monitoring equipment.
Bulker operator cops plea in “magic pipe” case
Lisbon, Portugal, based Portline Bulk International S.A .yesterday pleaded guilty in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, to one count of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships and one count
German ship operator fined $3.2 million in magic pipe case
NOVEMBER 3, 2018 — German shipping company Mineralien Schiffahrt Spedition und Transport GmbH (MST) was yesterday sentenced pay a $3.2 million criminal fine and serve a four-year term of probation after pleading
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
Princess pollution case whistleblower collects $1 million
APRIL 19, 2017 — A U.S. District Court judge in Miami today awarded $1 million to the whistleblower in the “magic pipe” case in which Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. made a plea
Two companies to pay $2.7 million in magic pipe case
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
“Magic pipe” pair get prison sentences in pollution case
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
Pollution: Princess Cruises to pay record criminal penalty
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
Guilty plea in “magic pipe” case
OCTOBER 26, 2016 — Two German shipping companies that owned and operated the M/V Nils B, pleaded guilty today to an environmental crime in federal court in San Diego before the Honorable