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Shipper Fined $4M For Polluting, Lying To Officials In Bayonne Shipper Fined $4M For Polluting, Lying To Officials In Bayonne
Shipper Fined $4M For Polluting, Lying To Officials In Bayonne An Italian shipping company has been ordered to pay $4 million for dumping oily waste into the ocean and then lying to conceal the offense, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Thursday.  The company, d'Amico Shipping Italia, previously pleaded guilty to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.  Authorities say an oil tanker, Cielo di Milano, stopped at U.S, ports, including ports in New Jersey. The company, which owns the tanker, admitted that workers sent oily waste directly into the ocean, bypassing pollution control equipment, and that the discharges sometimes occurred wi…

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$1M Set Aside For Jersey Coast After Shipping Company Fined For Pollution $1M Set Aside For Jersey Coast After Shipping Company Fined For Pollution
$1M Set Aside For Jersey Coast After Shipping Company Fined For Pollution An Italian shipping company will pay a $4 million fine for dumping oily waste and other pollutants into the ocean and lying about it to the Coast Guard during a 2015 inspection in Bayonne, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said in a statement Wednesday.  The company, d'Amico Shipping Italia S.p.A., pleaded guilty to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. In addition to the fine, the company will be subjected to oversight by a court-appointed monitor for four years.  The oil tanker Cielo di Milano made repeated stops at ports in New Jersey, Maryland and Florida. From 2014 t…

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by Paul Milo