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The Shipping Spews
Shipping line agrees to pay $25 million for illegal oil dumping |
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06 Apr 2005 |
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| The Shipping Spews Shipping line agrees to pay $25 million for illegal oil dumping Evergreen International, one of the world's largest shipping lines, agreed Monday to pay a $25 million fine after pleading guilty to 24 felony charges and one misdemeanor involving secretly dumping oil off the coasts of five U.S. states and purposefully lying to U.S. Coast Guard officials about the practice. The plea agreemen ... |
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| Topics: energy, news, oceans, oil, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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