July 6, 2023

Shipping company Clipper Shipping A.S. has been sentenced to pay $1.5 million after admitting that its ship, Motor Tanker (M/T) Clipper Saturn discharged oily bilge water directly overboard while anchored outside Togo, and omitted mention of it from its Oil Record Book, in violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.  The ship was required to filter out hazardous elements before disposing of the water at sea.  DOJ

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