U.S. Fines European Shipping Firms for Pollution, Falsifying Records By David Jones NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - Two European shipping firms were ordered on Tuesday to pay a $10.4 million penalty and given four years probation for illegally dumping oil-tainted bilge water as well as falsifying records. The firms - Columbia Shipmanagement GmbH of Germany and Columbia Shipmanagement Ltd of Cyprus - admitted to illegal activity on three oil tankers and one ...
July 24, 2013 - Scientific American