Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Sabine Transportation Company
Current Parent Company:
Kirby Corp.
Penalty:
$2,000,000
Year:
2004
Date:
August 10, 2004
Offense Group:
environment-related offenses
Primary Offense:
environmental violation
Violation Description:
An Iowa-based shipping company that transported grain cargoes and petroleum products in the United States and abroad was sentenced to pay $2 million for illegally dumping thousands of gallons of waste oil, hundreds of tons of diesel-contaminated grain, and plastic wastes at sea.
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 Parent:
USA
HQ State of Parent:
Texas
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
miscellaneous services
Specific Industry of Parent:
barge services
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
