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Company: Nimmrich & Prahm Bereederung and Nimmrich & Prahm Reedrei
Current Parent Company: Nimmrich & Prahm
Penalty: $1,200,000
Year: 2012
Date: November 2, 2012
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Two German shipping companies pleaded guilty in federal court in Houston to criminal charges that they concealed the illegal dumping of oil at sea from U.S. Coast Guard inspectors. Nimmrich & Prahm Bereederung and Nimmrich & Prahm Reedrei, the operator and owner of the commercial cargo vessel M/V Susan K, will pay a $1.2 million dollar criminal penalty, $200,000 of which will go to the National Marine Sanctuaries Fund as a community service payment for projects aimed at preserving and restoring the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary located off the Texas coast. As a condition of probation, all vessels owned or operated by the defendants will be prohibited from entering U.S. ports or waters for five years.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Coast Guard referral to the Justice Department
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
HQ Country of Current Parent: Germany
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: freight and logistics
Specific Industry of Current Parent: ocean shipping
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