Cargo Business Newswire

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Federal grand jury indicts DSD Shipping for dumping wastewater

A federal grand jury in Louisiana has indicted Norwegian oil transport company DSD Shipping and four of its crewmembers, charging them with illegally discharging contaminated wastewater near Lake Charles.

The Advocate reports the indictments were handed down Friday (6-13) against DSD and ship engineers from Romania and China.

The Justice Department said the defendants

discharged oily water at sea and then tried to cover it up by replacing the piping. They are charged with three counts of obstruction of justice and violating the Act To Prevent Pollution from Ships.

If convicted, DSD Shipping faces a fine up to $500,000, and each of the four engineers face up to 20 years in prison.

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