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Company: Stanships Inc. , Stanships Inc., Standard Shipping Inc. and Calmore Maritime Ltd.
Current Parent Company: Stanships Inc.
Penalty: $1,000,000
Year: 2011
Date: July 28, 2011
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Four corporations involved in owning and operating a fleet of vessels regularly visiting New Orleans were sentenced to pay a $1 million penalty and banned from doing business in the United States for the next five years by Judge Carl J. Barbier, the Justice Department announced. Stanships Inc. (Marshall Islands), Stanships Inc. (New York), Standard Shipping Inc. and Calmore Maritime Ltd., collectively the owners and operator of the M/V Americana, a Panamanian registered cargo vessel, each pleaded guilty on April 12, 2011, in New Orleans to 32 felony counts for violations of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, Ports and Waterways Safety Act and obstruction of justice.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department multiagency referral
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
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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