Monday, December 22, 2014
Chief Engineer of bulker could face 35 years in jail for environmental crime
A federal jury in New Orleans convicted the chief engineer of the bulk cargo ship Trident Navigator of environmental crimes, obstruction of justice and witness tampering, according to a statement issued by the U.S. Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Matthaios Fafalios of Greece was convicted of knowingly falsifying the ship’s oil record book, obstruction of justice, and witness tampering, after two crewmembers reported the illegal discharge of oily wastewater to the Coast Guard, the DOJ said.
In late December 2013, Fafalios ordered his engineering crew to construct the "magic pipe" that could be connected between the vessel’s bilge pump and overboard discharge valve, according to the statement. The purpose of the bypass was to discharge the contents of the ship’s bilge tank directly into the sea, circumventing the ship’s Oil Water Separator and Oil Content Monitor.
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