Two International Shipping Companies Pay $1.8 Million for Failing to Notify the Coast Guard of a Hazardous Vessel Condition and Concealing Vessel Oil Pollution

Two shipping companies incorporated in Liberia pled guilty today in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, to failing to notify the U.S. Coast Guard of a hazardous condition on one if its vessels and to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) by presenting false documents to the Coast Guard that covered up vessel oil pollution.