Jordan Shipping Co. Gets Two-Year Ban From U.S. Ports for Environmental Violations
A Jordan-based shipping company will be banned from U.S. ports for two years and pay $500,000 to settle charges that it violated environmental laws, said the Justice Department. Arab Ship Management pleaded guilty May 20 to one count of violating…
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the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships related to a modification to the pollution control system on the livestock carrier M/V Neameh that allowed oil sludge to be pumped directly overboard. According to DOJ, the Coast Guard discovered the issue in 2013 during an inspection while the M/V Neameh was anchored in Delaware Bay. Heavy oil sludge was discovered on the discharge side of pollution prevention equipment. The vessel’s piping arrangement had been modified in a prohibited manner so as to allow oil sludge to be pumped directly overboard, said DOJ. The inspection also revealed discrepancies in oil record books, as well as fake oily waste disposal receipts, it said.