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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Dianik Bross Shipping Corp., S.A.
Current Parent Company: Dianik Bross Shipping
Penalty: $650,000
Year: 2011
Date: October 16, 2011
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: oil spill
Violation Description: Dianik Bross Shipping Corp., S.A., and Chief Engineer Vassili Samoilenko were sentenced yesterday after pleading guilty to felony charges concerning violations of international and national oil pollution laws that occurred on a large bulk carrier called the M/V Kostas N, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. As part of a plea agreement, the company was ordered to pay $650,000, with $150,000 of the monies going to environmental projects in the Bay Area.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
Facility State: California
HQ Country of Current Parent: Greece
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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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.