Antillean charged with oil pollution

Antillean charged with oil pollution    The U.S. Justice Department said Americas Marine Management Services Inc., which does business as Antillean Marine, has been charged with one count of oil pollution, failing to keep and accurate oil record book and a count of failing to submit reports to the National Ballast Information Clearinghouse.
   Antillean operates from a terminal on the Miami River.
   If convicted, the defendant corporation faces a fine of up to $500,000 per count and up to five years of probation.
   The Justice Department said on or about July 9, 2010, the crew of the Titan Express discharged oily waste into U.S. waters knowing that its pollution prevention equipment was not working and kept fictitious records about the management of the ship's oily waste. It said the company also failed to submit information to the clearinghouse, a joint program of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and the U.S. Coast Guard whose mandate is to understand and prevent the introduction of non-indigenous species to the fresh, brackish and saltwater environments of the United States.