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Fined US$1 million for bilge dumping off North Carolina
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THE US Justice Department has announced that Japanese ocean carrier Nitta Kisen Kaisha was fined US$1 million by a federal district court for trying to cover up one of its ships dumping oily bilge into waters off North Carolina last year.
The oil was discharged by the ship Atlantic Oasis, which delivered steel products to North Carolina's Port of Wilmington. The ship's former chief engineer, Jihnyun Youn, has already been convicted and sentenced for falsifying the ship's oil record book, American Shipper reported.
At first, Mr Youn lied to coast guard inspectors about the discharges but then admitted the activity. He was placed on probation for one year and ordered to pay a US$5,500 fine, the Justice Department said.
In addition to the fine, Nitta also was placed on a three-year probation and ordered to implement a court-approved environmental compliance plan.
In court, the company had admitted that its engineers failed to document the illegal discharge of oily wastes from the vessel's fuel and lubrication oil purifier systems, as well as discharges of oily bilge waste from the bilge holding tank and from the bilges.
During a coast guard inspection of the ship on May 17, 2017 a junior engineering crewman told the inspectors that the oily wastes were discharged under the chief engineer's orders. The crewman also showed the coast guard inspectors where the hoses that were used for the discharges were hidden on the ship.
The oil was discharged by the ship Atlantic Oasis, which delivered steel products to North Carolina's Port of Wilmington. The ship's former chief engineer, Jihnyun Youn, has already been convicted and sentenced for falsifying the ship's oil record book, American Shipper reported.
At first, Mr Youn lied to coast guard inspectors about the discharges but then admitted the activity. He was placed on probation for one year and ordered to pay a US$5,500 fine, the Justice Department said.
In addition to the fine, Nitta also was placed on a three-year probation and ordered to implement a court-approved environmental compliance plan.
In court, the company had admitted that its engineers failed to document the illegal discharge of oily wastes from the vessel's fuel and lubrication oil purifier systems, as well as discharges of oily bilge waste from the bilge holding tank and from the bilges.
During a coast guard inspection of the ship on May 17, 2017 a junior engineering crewman told the inspectors that the oily wastes were discharged under the chief engineer's orders. The crewman also showed the coast guard inspectors where the hoses that were used for the discharges were hidden on the ship.