V.SHIPS Pleads Guilty to Illegal Ocean Dumping: More APPS Whistleblowers Wanted
Posted 09/2/25
Ocean Dumping
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Ocean Dumping Whistleblowers Wanted
Posted 07/23/25
May 24, 2022
The owners of the Motor Vessel Joanna, Empire Bulkers Limited and Joanna Maritime Limited, will pay $2 million and plead guilty to violations of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, admitting to knowingly falsifying the ship’s Oil Record Book to conceal unlawful discharges of oil. Modifications to the vessel’s oil content monitor had been made so that discharge samples from the oily water separator were diluted with fresh water, thereby leading the oil content monitor to report erroneous concentrations. DOJ; USAO ED LASeptember 23, 2021
Shipping company Diana Wilhelmsen Management Limited was ordered to pay $2 million following its admissions that it violated the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. DWM admitted that its vessel, M/V Protefs, unlawfully discharged oily bilge water and knowingly kept a false oil record book. DOJ; USAO ED LACatches of the Week: Contractors Abroad Face Liability for Fraud in U.S. Government Contracts
Posted 02/19/21
French Concrete Contractor Pays $14.5 Million to Resolve Claims of Delivering Substandard Concrete for U.S. Navy Bases in Africa
In the first case, Colas Djibouti, a subsidiary of French contractor Colas, agreed to pay $12.5m to the U.S. government to settle criminal charges,...February 18, 2021
The owner of the vessel Kota Harum, Pacific International Lines (Private) Limited, and employees Maung Maung Soe and Peng Luo Hai, pleaded guilty to charges under the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships and Clean Water Act related to the vessel's unlawful discharge of oily bilge water into Apra Harbor, Guam, and the failure to maintain complete and truthful oil record books. The company will pay a $3 million criminal penalty and defendants are on probation. DOJDecember 1, 2020
Singapore-based international shipping company Pacific Carriers Limited (PCL) was ordered to pay a fine of $12 million following its guilty plea to charges including its violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. PCL admitted that its ship the M/V Pac Antares discharged oily bilge water, oil waste, oily garbage, and plastic, without using required pollution-prevention equipment or properly recording the discharges in the vessel’s oil record book or garbage record book. Some oily waste discharges were made through a laundry sink which discharged directly overboard, and inspectors discovered a configuration of drums, flexible hoses and flanges that were used to bypass the vessel’s oily water separator. In addition, PCL admitted that the ship stored oily waste in the duct keel in a manner that created a hazardous condition subject to reporting. The problems were reported to Customs and Border Protection by a crewmember who walked off the ship when it arrived in North Carolina. DOJAnother “Magic Pipe” Down the Drain: Whistleblower Tips Lead to Guilty Plea in Ocean Dumping Case
Posted 03/19/20
Recent APPS Case Shows Importance of Whistleblowers
Posted 03/17/20
gCaptain publishes Op-Ed by Jessica Moore, Recent APPS Case Shows Importance of Whistleblowers. Click here to read more.
Top Ten Environmental Fraud Settlements of 2019
Posted 01/17/20
