Guilty Plea on Concealing Vessel Pollution
Consultores De Navegacion, a Spanish company that operates the M/T Nautilus, an ocean-going chemical tanker ship, pleaded guilty on April 6 in U.S. District Court in Boston and has agreed to pay a fine of $2.5m for criminal violations related to the overboard discharge of oil-contaminated bilge waste on the high seas, the Justice Department announced. The company pleaded guilty to conspiracy, falsification of records, false statements, obstruction, and two violations of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships for failing to maintain an accurate oil record book. The practice of improperly handling and disposing of oil-contaminated waste from the tanker as charged in the indictment took place from at least June 2007 until March 2008.
Vessel Operators Sentenced for Drowning Death
Two men were sentenced in federal court in Boston on manslaughter charges stemming from the drowning death of a visiting Irish student that occurred in the summer of 2001. United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan; Rear Admiral Vivian Crea, Commander of the U.S. Coast Guard First District; Michael D. O'Keefe, Cape & Islands District Attorney; Colonel Thomas G. Robbins, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police; John J. Finnegan, Chief of the Barnstable Police Department; and Kenneth W. Kaiser, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced today that JOSEPH JAY SHORE, age 65, of 1418 Commonwealth Avenue, West Newton, Massachusetts, and his son, CORD MITCHELL SHORE, age 39, of 180 Scudder Avenue, Hyannis, Massachusetts, were both sentenced by U.S.
Mate Charged in Buzzards Bay Oil Spill
A Jacksonville, Florida man was charged today in federal court with one count of violating the Clean Water Act and one count of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan; Thomas V. Skinner, Acting Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Assurance; William Schenkelberg, Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Region of the U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service; and Thomas J. Healy, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Office of Law Enforcement, announced today that FRANKLIN ROBERT HILL, age 53, of Jacksonville, Florida…
Tugboat Mate Convicted
A Jacksonville, Florida man pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the Clean Water Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan; Thomas V. Skinner, Acting Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Assurance; William Schenkelberg, Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Region of the U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service; and Thomas J. Healy, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Office of Law Enforcement, announced today that FRANKLIN ROBERT HILL, age 53, of Jacksonville, Florida, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert B.
OSG to Pay $27m for Vessel Pollution
Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. General Matthew J. McKeown, U.S. Attorney Michael J. District of Massachusetts, and U.S. Sullivan. and outside independent auditing of OSG ships trading worldwide. $10 million. deliberate vessel pollution. from Ships, conspiracy, false statements, and obstruction of justice. projects coast to coast. role in blowing the whistle on illegal conduct. may be awarded up to half of a criminal fine. on the fine imposed according to the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.
Man Sentenced in Vessel Scuttling Case
of Gloucester and sinking it in a commercial fishing area. United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan; Michael E. Agent in Charge of the Northeast Region of the U.S. Investigative Service, announced that THOMAS W. 47, of 121 Wheeler Street, Gloucester, was sentenced by U.S. violating the Refuse Act. the coast of Gloucester in approximately one hundred feet of water. pumped water into it using a bilge pump until it sank stern first. the expense. fishermen, thereby creating a navigational hazard. recommendation in the plea agreement filed in the case. serving one year of probation, LUKEGORD will pay a fine of $2,000. sinking. which equals the cost to the Coast Guard in responding to the sinking. newspapers of the two largest fishing ports in the region.
Chief Engineer Sentenced to Prison Term, Reports U.S. Attorney
The Chief Engineer of a Panamanian registered container ship was sentenced today in federal court to charges of conspiracy, obstruction, destruction of evidence, false statements and violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships in connection with the use of a secretly concealed "magic pipe" used to deliberately discharge tons of sludge and oil contaminated waste overboard. Michael J. Sullivan, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts; Sue Ellen Wooldridge, Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division; Rear Admiral David P. Pekoske, Commander, First Coast Guard District; and William Schenkelberg, Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Region of the U.S.
Man Charged in Vessel Scuttling
fishing area. United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan; Michael E. Agent in Charge of the Northeast Region of the U.S. Investigative Service, announced that Thomas W. one count of violating the Refuse Act. hundred feet of water. sank stern first. properly, but chose not to incur the expense. hazard. Lukgord has agreed to plead guilty in this matter. U.S. public apology in regional periodicals. The plea agreement is subject to approval by the Court. Criminal Investigation Division and the U.S. Service. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan F. Enforcement Attorney Peter Kenyon.
Chief Engineer Indicted for Obstruction of Justice
An Indian national working as the Chief Engineer on the container ship M/V MSC Elena was indicted late yesterday by a federal Grand Jury and charged with conspiracy, obstruction, destruction of evidence, false statements and violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships in connection with the use of a secretly concealed "magic pipe" used to discharge sludge and oil contaminated waste overboard. Michael J. Sullivan, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts; Kelly A. Johnson, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division; and William Schenkelberg, Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Region of the U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service, announced the Grand Jury's Indictment of MANI SINGH, age 57, of India.
