German company fined for ship's oily discharge in Alaska
Source: Associated Press
German company fined for ship's oily discharge in Alaska
By DAN JOLING, Associated Press | June 3, 2015 | Updated: June 3, 2015 8:43pm
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A German shipping company on probation for dumping oily water off California in 2013 was sentenced Wednesday to pay $750,000 for a repeat offense in Alaska.
A ship owned by Herm. Dauelsberg GmbH & Co. KG discharged an estimated 1,780 gallons of oily water in U.S. waters on a trip from China to Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands earlier this year, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Feldis.
"There's no excuse for this conduct," he said.
Herm. Dauelsberg operates the 617-foot Lindavia, which took on fuel at a port in China in mid-January and experienced a significant fuel leak. Almost 36,000 gallons of heavy fuel leaked through a corroded bulkhead into a cargo hold, Feldis said.
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