Princess Cruise Lines fined for illegal dumping

Princess Cruise Lines to Pay $40 Million Fine for Illegal Dumping

By KATIE ROGERSDEC. 2, 2016

Princess Cruise Lines has pleaded guilty to seven felony charges and will pay $40 million after employees on a cruise ship were caught dumping oiled waste into the seas and lying to cover up their actions, officials with the Justice Department said.

Federal authorities called it the “largest-ever criminal penalty” for intentional vessel pollution.

In a statement released by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida on Thursday, officials said that employees of a cruise ship, the Caribbean Princess, used several tactics, including a device called a “magic pipe,” to circumvent water-cleaning mechanisms and digital devices monitoring oil levels. Officials said that four other Princess ships were also found to have engaged in illegal practices to discharge waste...

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/02/business/princess-cruise-lines-fine.html?_r=0

Princess Cruises to Pay Largest-Ever Penalty for Dumping Oily Waste

California-based cruise line Princess Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation, has agreed to pay USD 40 million penalty – the largest-ever criminal penalty involving deliberate vessel pollution – and plead guilty to charges related to illegal dumping of oil-contaminated waste from the Caribbean Princess cruise ship.

The company has agreed to plead guilty to seven felony charges stemming from its deliberate pollution of the seas and intentional acts to cover it up, the US Department of Justice said...

http://worldmaritimenews.com/archiv...-largest-ever-penalty-for-dumping-oily-waste/

Doesn't sound like something low or mid level employees would do. They have nothing to gain from saving the company money on the cost of doing this legally.

Disgusting corporations that do this. I'll never take a cruise on one of these liners.