A Spanish ship management company has pleased guilty to unlawfully discharging oil-contaminated waste and will pay a $2.5m fine.
Consultores de Navegacion has admitted guilt in the US District Court of Boston to a variety of charges including violating maritime pollution laws from its vessel M/T Nautilus.
It was found that between June 2007 and March 2008, M/T Nautilus engineers used a pipe to bypass the ship’s oil water separator and discharge oil-contaminated waste directly into the sea.
Under the conditions of the agreement, the company will serve three years of probation, needed to implement an environmental compliance plan for its vessels.
By staff writer.
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