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Cases involving crew maintaining false oil record books concealing deliberate discharges of oil-contaminated waste directly into the ocean continue to take place on a regular basis in the United States. In a recent case taking place in the Port of Corpus Christi, according to a news release from the US Coast Guard (USCG), a Norwegian-flagged tanker was recently banned from US ports for three years due to several marine environmental-related violations, including inconsistencies in the vessel's oil record book, inoperable oily water separator equipment, oily sludge in the vessel’s overboard discharge piping and a hose used to bypass the oily water separator with flanges containing oil inside.
Although the investigation is still ongoing, the USCG has the authority to deny a tank vessel entry into a US port for several reasons, including if it illegally discharges oil or hazardous material. Accordingly, the vessel’s certificate of compliance was revoked and the vessel banned from returning to Corpus Christi for a period of three years. The owner of the vessel was furthermore informed that the USCG intended to extend the ban to all US ports for a period of three years. If the vessel develops and successfully implements an environmental compliance programme to the satisfaction of the USCG, she may attempt to enter a US port after one year, but the conditions will stay in place for the full three years....
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