Dumping
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Maritime News
Swedish Coast Guard Catches Crewmember “Red Handed” Dumping Trash
Sweden’s Minister of Civil Defense, Carl-Oskar Bohlin, and the Swedish Coast Guard are reporting that surveillance efforts detected a crewmember…
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Swedish Coast Guard Boards Bulk Carrier Suspected of Dumping Waste in Baltic Sea
Swedish authorities have boarded a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier off the coast of Gothenburg following reports that the vessel dumped waste…
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Fishing Companies Fined $1.2 Million for Illegal Bilge Dumping in Alaska Waters
A federal district court in Anchorage has imposed civil penalties exceeding $1.18 million against three Kodiak-based commercial fishing companies and…
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Whistleblower Tip Leads to $1.75 Million Fine for Ship Manager Over Oil Dumping Off New Orleans
Eagle Ship Management LLC (ESM) has pleaded guilty to deliberately discharging more than 10,000 gallons of oil-contaminated waste into U.S.…
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US-China Trade Clash Risks Making Europe Dumping Ground for Cheap Goods
China’s widening trade surplus with the European Union is fueling fresh concerns that the 27-nation bloc risks becoming a dumping…
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Ammonium Nitrate Laden Bulker Causes Controversy Dumping Contaminated Cargo
The Malta-flagged cargo ship Ruby with its cargo of 20,000 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer is again being drawn into…
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Mexican Shipmanager Fined $1.75M for Oily Bilge Water Dumping
The U.S. Department of Justice has fined a Mexican ship manager nearly two million dollars for MARPOL violations. It is…
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Bulk Carrier Busted for Dumping Garbage at Great Barrier Reef
Australia has fined the chief officer and operator of a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier for dumping garbage into the Great Barrier…
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Pacific Carriers fined $12 million for dumping oily water and garbage in US waters
Pacific Carriers Limited (PCL), a Singapore-based company whose subsidiaries are engaged in international shipping, was fined $12 million for concealing…
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US: Singaporean Shipping Company Pleads Guilty to Oily Bilge Dumping
On February 26, 2020, Unix Line, a Singapore-based shipping company, pleaded guilty in federal court to a violation of the…
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