HFO spill from grounded bulker threatens World Heritage site
Pollution from the Solomon Trader, a 1994 built bulk carrier that ran aground in the Solomon Islands on February 5 is now threatening Kangava Bay, Rennell island, home to a UNESCO World
Pollution from the Solomon Trader, a 1994 built bulk carrier that ran aground in the Solomon Islands on February 5 is now threatening Kangava Bay, Rennell island, home to a UNESCO World
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
OCTOBER 2, 2018 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached an agreement with Hawaii’s Keehi Marine, Inc. to reduce pollution in its stormwater discharges to Keehi Lagoon and the Pacific
MAY 25, 2018 — Two Honolulu-based fishing companies, Triple Dragon, LLC, and Capt. Millions III, LLC, along with the company managers and vessel operators, have each agreed to implement operational improvements and
MAY 10, 2018 — Nitta Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (Nitta), a Japanese shipping company that delivered steel products to Wilmington, NC, was today convicted and sentenced for obstruction of justice and falsification of
MAY 7, 2018 — An August 17, 2017 incident in which the 63 ft U.S. flagged fishing vessel Challenge sank in New Bedford harbor causing a major fuel spill today had its
JANUARY 8, 2018 — A Panama flagged, Iranian owned tanker was this morning reportedly still burning and in danger of exploding, raising fears of an environmental disaster in the East China Sea.
AUGUST 30, 2017 — Yuh Fa Fishery (Vanuatu) Co. Ltd., a fishing company operating in and around American Samoa was convicted and sentenced today for maintaining false and incomplete records relating to
AUGUST 21, 2017 — In a statement released today, Athens headquartered Stealth Maritime Corporation confirmed that its managed tanker vessel the Alnic MC (IMO: 9396725 Liberian Flag) was involved in a collision
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