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A Cyprus-based company that operates several commercial vessels, was fined $2M for concealing illegal discharges of oily water into the Atlantic Ocean.

A federal appeals court reversed course and let stand a lower court order banning the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from enforcing COVID-19 cruise ship rules in Florida.

A federal jury in Oakland convicted a first engineer of falsifying the Oil Record Book and obstruction of justice, in connection with the intentional dumping of oily bilge water from the tanker Zao Galaxy in February 2019.

Pacific International Lines was sentenced by a US federal court to pay $2.2 million in criminal penalties. Pacific International Lines previously pleaded guilty to three felony charges that it made false statements to the U.S. Coast Guard and violated the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships by concealing illegal waste water operations and discharges in a falsified oil record book.

Following its efforts to block Iran’s energy exports, US gone to court in order to seize 2 million barrels of oil that it claims came from Iran.

The US Attorney’s Office announced the guilty pleas of 16 defendants related to a test score-fixing scheme at a United States Coast Guard exam center.

Two Fieldwood Energy LLC oil workers face criminal charges for allegedly separately allowing crude oil spills from offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico platforms to avoid required shut downs.

The US Department of Justice charged 31 people, including three Coast Guard employees, in regards to a test-score fixing scheme at a United States Coast Guard exam center.

A crew member from MSC Ravenna container ship was arrested and charged with one count of "performing an act of violence against a person onboard a ship that is likely to endanger the safe navigation of the ship," a federal offense. 

A federal judge dismissed lawsuits by Grand Princess cruise ship passengers who sued for emotional distress caused by their fear of exposure to COVID-19.