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U.S. Issued More Than $363 Million in Fines Against Shipping Companies in 2016 for Intentional Discharges of Pollutants
The U.S. Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division, in the publication of its accomplishments in 2016, announced that criminal penalties imposed against shipping companies in relation to pollution from ocean going vessels (OGV) during the year totalled more than $363 million in fines and more than 32 years of confinement.
"The division continued its robust program of prosecuting shipping companies and crew for the intentional discharges of pollutants from ocean-going vessels in U.S. waters," said the division of its efforts in 2016.
As Ship & Bunker reported last month, among these penalties, Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. (Princess) was ordered to pay an associated $40 million penalty related to seven felony charges for the deliberate dumping of oily waste from its vessel the Caribbean Princess - the "largest-ever criminal penalty involving deliberate vessel pollution."
