Tag: fines

The California Air Resources Board has fined the China Navigation Co. Pte. Ltd. $129,500 for failure to switch its engines over from heavy diesel “bunker” fuel to cleaner, low-sulfur fuel when close to the California coast, as required by state law.

The Standard P&I Club informs that the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality’s Marine Services Directorate has announced it will use drones to monitor marine pollution in the Bosporus in efforts to improve surveillance and fine enforcement.

The West of England P&I Club informs that an entered vessel was recently fined USD 8,500 for disposing of garbage within the Bohai Sea.

US Department announced that the Turkish Ship Management company, Ciner Gemi Acente Isletni Sanayi Ve Ticaret S.A. and two employees pleaded guilty and were sentenced in federal court in Baltimore, Maryland, for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS). The company will pay over $1 million criminal fine for Marine Oil Pollution Crimes.

The West of England P&I Club has issued the Turkish Environmental Fine Tariffs applicable from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016

US Department of Justice announced that engineering officers charged in scheme to cover up oil discharges from cargo vessel.

On November 30, 2015, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana handed down the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in the penalty phase of the civil case against Anadarko for its role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon incident.

The US Department of Justice announced that an oil company charged with multiple felonies related to violations of offshore oil production safety and environmental regulations.

An increasing number of vessels have been fined for violating Chinese pollution regulations relating to discharges of garbage/sewage in the Bohai Sea

The Federal Court has fined Japanese whaling company Kyodo $1 million for hunting whales within an Australian whale sanctuary