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Maritime Professional May 2011 Current Trends in MARPOL Enforcement The United States has long been aggressively enforcing compliance with the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, as amended (“MARPOL”), which is implemented in the United States by the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (“APPS”). Since the early 1990s, the effort has been directed at all types of registered and domestic tonnage – the full spectrum of waterborne commerce. Those entities and individuals prosecuted for MARPOL violations also span a wide spectrum of owners, operators, technical managers, masters, engineers, shoreside personnel and corporate officers. MARPOL prosecutions commonly involve bypasses of the oily water separator or discharges of sludge overboard rather than through incineration. Few of these prosecutions involve illegal discharges in U.S. Waters – virtually all involve false entries in the Oil Record Book (“ORB”).

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Wallem Marpol Compliance Program ( WMCP ) coverage is limited to Marpol I and Marpol V. The additional requirements are mainly with respect to Engine room wastes. There are no additional. A framework for ensuring compliance with MARPOL International Chamber of Shipping. Shipping Industry Guidance on Environmental Compliance Published.

Maintaining an inaccurate ORB while in domestic waters or presenting an inaccurate ORB to the U.S. Coast Guard is a crime and a basis for prosecution, along with post-incident conduct such as obstruction of justice or false statements made to investigators following commencement of the investigation. These efforts are often viewed by the rest of the world as heavy handed, as many believe that enforcement actions for recordkeeping violations with respect to illegal discharges occurring in international waters should be the responsibility of the flag State. The United States government disagrees and has stated unequivocally that it will continue to enforce, even more aggressively, until the illegal discharges stop. The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently noted that 88 million gallons of oil are discharged illegally from vessels each year – more than eight times the amount spilled from the Exxon Valdez. Thus, until flag states increase serious enforcement of MARPOL compliance, the United States will likely continue to be the world’s MARPOL cop. Prosecutions continue unabated, with more than a dozen MARPOL cases prosecuted during the last 24 months, as companies fail to learn from the mistakes of others.

And, the prosecutions are now yielding higher penalties, jail time and the banning of ships from United Statesports. As an example of the DOJ’s persistence, Stanships Inc. And three related companies, collectively the owners and operators of the M/V Americana, pled guilty again, in April of this year (Stanships pled guilty in a prior case in June 2010) to 32 felony counts for violations of APPS, the Ports and Waterways Safety Act and obstruction of justice.