Two Shipping Companies Busted for Illegal Dumping in Great Barrier Reef

Australia has efficiently prosecuted two delivery corporations for unlawful dumping rubbish throughout the Great Barrier Reef in two separate incidents.

The prosecutions had been introduced Thursday by the Australian Maritime Safety Board. The Masters of the ships in each circumstances had been additionally fined.

[contextly_sidebar id=”gNDAo7xC6paVGO4Qzdcgip5LlQOlKDpB”]According to AMSA, Tokyo primarily based Perses Maritima Ltd and the grasp of its Japan registered car service Asteria Leader had been discovered responsible on May 18 within the Brisbane Magistrates Court on one cost every of illegally discharging rubbish beneath the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983. A routine Port State Control inspection performed by an AMSA marine surveyor at Fisherman Island within the Port of Brisbane revealed a report of the discharge of .03 cubic meters of meals waste throughout the Great Barrier Reef on October 8, 2014.

Perses Maritima Ltd was fined $5000 for the unlawful discharge and the grasp of the ship was fined $500.

Meanwhile, Hong Kong primarily based firm Seaspan Corporation and the grasp of its Hong Kong registered container ship CSCL Brisbane had been additionally discovered responsible of illegally discharging rubbish on August 6 final yr throughout the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The unlawful discharge was additionally found by an AMSA marine surveyor throughout a routine PSC inspection at Fisherman Island.

In that incident, it was additionally discovered that the ship’s passage plan didn’t take into consideration the required marine environmental safety measures as per the protection of navigation necessities prescribed by the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) worldwide conference.

Seaspan Corporation was fined $6000 for the unlawful discharge and the grasp was fined $600 over the incident.

AMSA Chief Executive Officer Mick Kinley stated it was disappointing ships had been failing to stick to the measures in place to guard delicate marine areas, such because the Great Barrier Reef, however the discovery of the unlawful discharges confirmed Australia’s PSC regime was each rigorous and efficient, Mr Kinley stated.

“Australia has a robust PSC regime, which is designed to ensure ship owners and their masters are adhering to the rules and regulations to prevent marine areas from being polluted,” Mr Kinley stated.

“These prosecutions highlight to the shipping community if they flout the regulations they can be caught and subsequently prosecuted.”