Tag: marine pollution

According to MPA Singapore, the removal of bulk oil from the sea and beaches is nearly completed. There has been no observed oil slick along the East Coast and Changi since 18th June based on both satellite and drone images.

Minister for Transport of Singapore, Chee Hong Tat, shared in a post on June 20, details about the oil spill in Singapore that took place following an allision between a dredger and a bunker vessel on June 14.

The Captain of the PS Dream, a Panama-flagged motor tanker, pleaded guilty to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and obstructing proceedings.

Bellingcat has provided an update on the tug boat involved in the oil spill which occurred in Trinidad and Tobago a few months ago, saying that it was detained in Angola for breaching security parameters. 

According to U.S. Department of Justice, two related companies that operated the motor tanker PS Dream – Prive Overseas Marine LLC and Prive Shipping Denizcilik Ticaret – pleaded guilty. As explained the companies pleaded guilty to conspiracy, knowingly violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and obstruction of justice related to the falsification of the tanker’s Oil Record Book, which is a required log. The guilty pleas were entered in federal court in New Orleans before Chief U.S. District Court Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown. If the court approves the plea agreement, the companies will be fined a total of $2 million and serve four years of probation. Separate charges have been filed against Captain Abdurrahman Korkmaz, a Turkish national who was the ship’s master. The criminal case stems from the report of a crew member who, on Jan. 11, 2023, contacted the Coast Guard in New Orleans, which was the next port-of-call, and shared a video showing oil being pumped overboard and trailing behind the tanker. When the ship arrived in New Orleans two weeks later, this individual and another crew member blew the whistle and provided evidence to the Coast Guard. Video and photographic images were filed ...

In a landmark and historic ruling, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) has issued a long-awaited advisory opinion on the responsibility of states to tackle climate change, OceanCare highlights.

According to European Commission, new rules to protect the environment through criminal law will enter into force on May 20. 

Two ship engineers pleaded guilty on May 7, to charges related to concealing pollution and falsifying records onboard an oil tanker near a petroleum terminal in Sewaren, New Jersey.

The World Shipping Council along with – the Bureau International des Containers (BIC), the Container Owners Association (COA), and the Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL) have released the updated version of the Prevention of Pest Contamination of Containers: Joint Industry Guidelines for the Cleaning of Containers. 

EU Parliament and Council negotiators reached an informal deal to extend an existing ban on discharge of oil spills by ships to include sewage and garbage.