Firm fined $2.5 million for ship pollution
The U.S. Justice Department said Consultores De Navegacion, a Spanish company that operates the Nautilus, an oceangoing chemical tanker ship, pleaded guilty Monday and has agreed to pay $2.5 million for criminal violations related to the overboard discharge of oil-contaminated bilge waste on the high seas.
The company pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Boston 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.
Firm fined $2.5 million for ship pollution
