13 Dec 2016
Princess Cruises given record fine $40m for dumping oily waste at sea off UK
A ‘magic pipe’ on the Caribbean Princess discharged huge quantities of oily bilge waste into the ocean. Princess Cruise Lines will pay a US$40m penalty after pleading guilty to seven federal charges in an illegal ocean pollution case that involved one ship’s use of a so-called magic pipe to divert oily waste into the waters. […]