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Company: Horizon Shipping Lines
Current Parent Company: Matson
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Penalty: $1,500,000
Year: 2012
Date: February 14, 2012
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Horizon Lines, LLC was sentenced Tuesday in front of the Honorable Richard Seeborg after pleading guilty to felony charges concerning violations of international and national oil pollution laws that occurred on a large container ship called the S/S Horizon Enterprise, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. As part of a plea agreement, the company was ordered to pay $1,500,000, with $500,000 of the monies going to environmental projects in the San Francisco Bay area.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Hawaii
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: freight and logistics
Specific Industry of Current Parent: ocean shipping
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