Gremex Shipping S.A. de C.V.被罚款175万美元，原因是未能保持准确的记录，并隐瞒其“苏哈尔号”（M/V Suhar）船非法排放的含油舱底水。

这家墨西哥公司在佛罗里达州彭萨科拉的联邦地区法院对违反《防止船舶污染法》的指控表示认罪。

该案件始于2023年8月25日Suhar抵达彭萨科拉后美国海岸警卫队的调查。

这艘悬挂巴拿马国旗的散货船，总吨7602吨，定期从墨西哥坦皮科向彭萨科拉运送水泥。

自2021年3月以来，Gremex一直在管理该船的运营，包括雇佣船员和遵守环境法规。

在调查过程中，海岸警卫队人员发现，苏哈尔号船员无视所需的污染控制设备，将未经处理的含油舱底水直接排放到海洋中。船员伪造了船上的石油记录簿，以掩盖他们的非法操作。

根据MARPOL国际条约规定，美国和巴拿马都禁止在海上排放含油舱底水。

船舶在处理舱底水之前必须使用油水分离器进行处理，并且必须保持准确的油类记录簿以符合要求。

作为美国政府与Gremex达成的量刑协议的一部分，该公司将支付175万美元的罚款，接受四年的缓刑期，并制定一项环境合规计划，在缓刑期实施。

海岸警卫队的调查处进行了调查，助理司法部长托德·金（Todd Kim）和佛罗里达州北区联邦检察官杰森·r·库迪（Jason R. Coody）宣布了这一消息。

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英文原文

Gremex Shipping S.A. de C.V. was fined $1.75 million for failing to maintain accurate records and hiding illegal discharges of oily bilge waste from its ship, the M/V Suhar.



The Mexican corporation pleaded guilty in federal district court in Pensacola, Florida, to accusations of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.



The case started from a US Coast Guard inquiry after the Suhar arrived in Pensacola on August 25, 2023.



This bulk carrier, registered under the Panamanian flag and weighing 7,602 gross tons, delivered cement on a regular basis from Tampico, Mexico, to Pensacola.



Gremex has managed the ship’s operations since March 2021, including hiring the crew and maintaining compliance with environmental regulations.



During their investigation, Coast Guard personnel found that the Suhar’s crew was discharging untreated oily bilge water directly into the ocean, ignoring the required pollution control equipment.  The crew falsified the ship’s oil record book to hide their illegal operations.



The United States and Panama both prohibit oily bilge water discharges at sea under MARPOL international treaty regulations.



Ships must use oily water separators to treat bilge water before disposal, and they must maintain an accurate oil record book for compliance purposes.



The company will pay a $1.75 million fine, serve a four-year probationary period, and develop an environmental compliance plan to be implemented during the probation period as part of the agreed sentencing deal between the government and Gremex.



The Coast Guard’s Investigative Service conducted the inquiry, with the announcement made by Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim and United States Attorney Jason R. Coody for the Northern District of Florida.

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