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    Two German shipping companies pleaded guilty to failing to maintain an accurate oil record book and tampering with witnesses regarding the illegal discharge of oil into the sea from one of their cargo ships, the BBC Magellan. They were fined $1.5 million total and the ship was banned from operating in the United States for five years. The U.S. Coast Guard had discovered an improperly attached hose that was being used to discharge oily wastes directly into the ocean in violation of international laws to prevent pollution of the oceans.

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    Two German shipping companies pleaded guilty to failing to maintain an accurate oil record book and tampering with witnesses regarding the illegal discharge of oil into the sea from one of their cargo ships, the BBC Magellan. They were fined $1.5 million total and the ship was banned from operating in the United States for five years. The U.S. Coast Guard had discovered an improperly attached hose that was being used to discharge oily wastes directly into the ocean in violation of international laws to prevent pollution of the oceans.

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    German Shipping Companies Fined

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    Two German shipping companies pleaded guilty to failing to maintain an accurate oil record book and tampering with witnesses regarding the illegal discharge of oil into the sea from one of their cargo ships, the BBC Magellan. They were fined $1.5 million total and the ship was banned from operating in the United States for five years. The U.S. Coast Guard had discovered an improperly attached hose that was being used to discharge oily wastes directly into the ocean in violation of international laws to prevent pollution of the oceans.

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    ByMarEx2016031517:59:34
    TheGermanshippingcompaniesBrieseSchiffahrtsGmbH&Co.KGandBrieseSchiffahrtsGmbH&
    Co.KGMSExtum,whoownedandoperatedthecargoshipBBCMagellan,pleadedguiltyon
    Tuesdaytofailuretomaintainanaccurateoilrecordbookandtamperingwithwitnessesby
    persuadingthemtoprovidefalsestatementstotheU.S.CoastGuardconcerningabypasshoseon
    thevesselthatwasbeingusedtodischargeoilintothesea.
    Thetwocompaniesweresentencedtopayatotalof$1.25millioninfinesanda$250,000community
    servicepaymenttotheNationalFishandWildlifeFoundationtofundprojectsthatenhancecoastal
    habitatsoftheGulfofMexicoandbolsterpriorityfishandwildlifepopulations.
    Inaddition,theshipBBCMagellanisbannedfromdoingbusinessintheUnitedStatesforthenext
    fiveyears.
    ThepleasandsentenceswereannouncedbyAssistantAttorneyGeneralJohnC.Crudenforthe
    JusticeDepartmentsEnvironmentalandNaturalResourcesDivisionandActingU.S.Attorney
    ChristopherP.CanovafortheNorthernDistrictofFlorida.
    InMarch2015,duringaninspectionatthePortofPensacola,theU.S.CoastGuarddiscoveredan
    improperlyattachedrubberhose.Officialslaterdeterminedthat,betweenJanuaryandMarch2015,
    thecrewoftheBBCMagellan,actingonbehalfofthevesselsowner,hadinstalledandillegallyused
    therubberhosetoremoveoilywastesfromthevesselsholdingtanksanddischargedthemdirectly
    intotheocean.
    Thecrewalsofailedtomaketherequiredentriesinthevesselsoilrecordbook.Whenquestioned
    aboutthehosespurposeandhowoilywastesweredischargedfromtheship,thechiefengineer
    instructedothercrewmemberstolietotheCoastGuard.
    Shippingcompaniesthattransportcommerceacrossopenseasmustrespecttheinternationallaws
    andobligationsoftheirtrade,whichexisttopreventthespoilingofoceansandmarinehabitat,said
    AssistantAttorneyGeneralCruden.Thisegregiousbehaviorbyshippingcompanies,whichincluded
    intentionaldeceptionandwitnesstampering,willnotbetolerated.Wewillcontinuetoprosecute
    companiesandtheirofficersforthesecrimes.
    ThecasewasinvestigatedbyU.S.CoastGuardSectorMobile,theU.S.CoastGuardInvestigative
    ServiceandtheEPA.ThecasewasprosecutedbyAssistantU.S.AttorneyJ.RyanLoveforthe
    NorthernDistrictofFloridaandTrialAttorneyBrandyN.ParkeroftheEnvironmentalCrimesSection
    oftheDepartmentofJusticeEnvironmentalandNaturalResourcesDivision.

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