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South Korean company fined $275,000 for second violation of Act to Prevent Pollution From Ships

United States District Court Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi today accepted the guilty plea of Doorae Shipping Co., LTD, a South Korean maritime operations company, and sentenced the company to pay a fine of $275,000, and a term of three years of probation for the failure to maintain an accurate oil record book, in violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. According to the Information to which Doorae pled guilty, the operation of a marine vessel, such as the B. Pacific, a petroleum oil tank ship registered under the flag administration of the Marshall Islands, and operated by Doorae, generates large quantities of waste oil and oil-contaminated waste water. International and U.S. law requires that these vessels use pollution prevention equipment to preclude the discharge of these materials. U.S. law requires that the movement and transfer of oil on board a ship be accurately documented in the ship’s Oil Record Book. https://www.dvidshub.net/news/207521/south-korean-company-fined-275000-second-violation-act-prevent-pollution-ships