Tag: US Department of Justice

JM Fisheries LLC, G.S. Fisheries Inc., agreed to pay a total of $725,000 in civil penalties to settle federal Clean Water Act claims related to oil pollution violations.

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

Cargo ship captain is about to face charges for falsifying information concerning 15 COVID-19 positive crew members cases.

The US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) signed the first interagency MoU to foster cooperation and communication with the aim of enhancing competition in the maritime industry.

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.

Following its sanctions program last year, the United States managed to sell more than a million barrels of seized Iranian fuel, as Reuters reported.

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.

Four individuals have been charged for their respective roles in a conspiracy to sell phony Coast Guard merchant mariner credentials in Norfolk, US Department of Justice noted.

According to U.S. Customs data, the first of two tankers carrying cargoes of Iranian gasoline seized by the United States, discharged in New York on 29th September 2020, ending a three-month journey.

The US Justice Department recenly announced the seizure of three websites used by Iranian front company, as it was allegedly shipping fuel on four tankers to Venezuela.