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Ship's engineers plead guilty to dumping oily waste water into the sea

TWO d'Amico engineers face a maximum penalty of five years in prison and fines of up to US$250,000 after admitting before a US district judge in Newark that they concealed the discharge of oily waste into the sea. Sentencing is scheduled for November 21.

According to a report from the US Attorney's Office for New Jersey, chief engineer Girolamo Curatolo of the handysize product tanker 'Cielo di Milano" pleaded guilty to a charge of one count of conspiring to violate the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, reported London's Tanker Operator.



The tanker's first assistant engineer, Danilo Maimone, pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to obstruct justice.



According to documents filed and statements made in court, the 41,000-dwt Cielo di Milano owned by d'Amico Shipping Italia and managed by d'Amico Societa di Navigazione, visited terminals in New Jersey several times, as well as terminals in Maryland and Florida.



Mr Curatolo admitted that the crew had intentionally bypassed the required pollution prevention equipment by discharging oily waste from the engine room through its sewage system into the sea, and that he falsified the vessel's oil record book.



Mr Curatolo also admitted he made false statements to the USCG during its inspection of the tanker in January, 2015, instructing lower-level crew members to make false statements and destroying the vessel's sounding log, which records the contents of storage tanks aboard the vessel, including those containing oily waste.



Mr Maimone admitted concealing the discharge of oily waste, as well as causing a false oil record book to be presented to the USCG during the inspection. He also admitted making false statements and instructing subordinate crew members to make false statements during the inspection.
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