US DOJ: Record year for shipowner pollution penalties - US$363 million in fines and penalties

US DOJ Environment and Natural Resources Division continued its robust program of prosecuting shipping companies and crew for the intentional discharges of pollutants from ocean-going vessels in U.S. waters. At the end of fiscal year 2016, criminal penalties imposed in these cases totaled more than $363 million in fines and more than 32 years of confinement.