Singapore’s shipping company Pacific International Lines (PIL) has been sentenced for illegally discharging oil into Apra Harbor, Guam, and for maintaining false and incomplete records relating to…
https://www.offshore-energy.biz/pil-hit-with-3m-fine-for-dumping-oily-waste-in-guam-harbor/
A recently published article in the Mirage News highlights about the $24,000 fine imposed by the Tauranga District Court on a Singapore-based China Navigation Company PTE Limited. The court has ordered it to pay reparations of $30,000 after a stevedore was seriously injured when he fell from one of the company’s ships in Tauranga.
Summary of the incidentPoor repair work
In July 2017 the hand rail that failed causing the fall had been damaged by stevedores when the Pakhoi was docked in India. It...
https://mfame.guru/court-imposes-54000-penalty-after-stevedore-falls-due-to-failed-hand-rail/
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) plans to submit a proposal for an Emissions Control Area (ECA) across the Mediterranean next year, reports ArgusMedia.
NOx and sulphur emissions cutThe IMO’s head of air pollution and energy efficiency, Edmund Hughes, told S&P Global Platts’ Bunker Fuel Conference in Amsterdam that discussions over a possible ECA in the Mediterranean for nitrous oxide (NOx) and sulphur emissions were on.
ECAs aim to cut emissions from ships near land in the hope of...
http://mfame.guru/imo-to-propose-mediterranean-eca-next-year/
Singapore has a message for shipping companies considering cheating on rules starting next year to combat pollution to save a few dollars on their fuel bills.
According to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, captains and owners of vessels that burn overly sulfurous fuel in the Asian country’s territorial waters could face as long as two years in prison from the start of 2020, reports Bloomberg.
Strong disincentivesIf enforced, such a penalty would probably be among the strongest...
http://mfame.guru/burning-high-sulfur-fuel-in-singapore-gets-you-2-year-in-jail/
MSC paid USD 630,625 in penalties to CARB for violating the Ocean-Going Vessel At-Berth Regulation.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/266167/carb-msc-pays-usd-630k-for-air-quality-violations/