SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTIONS

Marine Pollution Prosecutions (2000-2011)

Prosecutions Completed Against Marine Polluters in the Atlantic Region Between January, 2000 and 2011 

Prosecution Date	Incident Date	Ship Name	Ship Owner	Incident Location	CSA Offence	Amount Discharged	Penalty
5 May 11	1 Feb 09	HSIN HO	Ta Ho Maritime Corporation, Taipei, Taiwan	20 NM East of Cape Race, NL	Illegal Discharge of a prescribed Pollutant	1484 litres	$80,000 ( $20,000 Fine, $60,000 paid in the EDF)
12 Feb 09	22 Feb 08	BBC Nordland	Briese Schiffarts GMBH & CO KG	Summerside Harbour	Illegal discharge of pollutant	300 litres	$15,000 ( $5,000 fine, $5,000 EDF, $5,000.00 UPEI Marine Biology Research)
15 Dec 08	22 Jun 2007	Alida Gorthon**	Blow Sea Shipping Limited, Limassol, Cyprus	65 NM SE of Cape Sable, NS	Illegal discharge of pollutant	22 litres	$80,000 ( $40,000 paid in the EDF)
17 April 08	13 June 06	Cicero (M/V)	OCEANEX Montreal	Halifax harbour	Illegal discharge of pollutant	1,000 litres	$15,000 ( $10,000 paid in the EDF)
8 Nov. 07	25 May 06	Point Valiant	ECTUG Halifax	Halifax harbour	Illegal discharge of pollutant	undetermined	$18,000 ( $10,000 paid in the EDF)
18 May 07	16 Dec. 05	Nobel Fortuna**		37 NM east of Sydney, NS	Illegal discharge of pollutant and failure to report the incident	5.5 litres	$45,000
7 Mar. 07	19 Mar. 06	Rowan Gorilla VI Jack-up Oil Rig		Port of Mulgrave, NS	Illegal discharge of pollutant	under 6,000 litres	$70,000
21 Feb. 07	22 Oct. 04	Mokami (M/T) reg'd in St. John's NL		Coral Harbour, NU	Illegal discharge of pollutant	Undetermined	$15,000
23 June 06	18 Sept. 04	Appak (F/V)		St. John's Harbour, NL	Illegal discharge of pollutant No Response Organization Agreement in place	Undetermined	$25,000
24 Oct. 05	22 June 04	Front Fighter / Nordic Fighter**		85 miles SW of Cape St.Mary's, NL	Illegal discharge of pollutant	64 litres	$70,000
26 Aug. 05	22 Aug. 03	Project Europa**		62 miles SE of St. John's, NL	Illegal discharge of pollutant	Approx. 40 litres	$70,000
06 Apr. 05	13 Aug. 04	WHALER (Small Vessel)		Saint John Harbour, NB	Illegal discharge of pollutant	Approx. 20 litres	$4,000
06 Apr. 05	21 June 04	Norman McLeod (Oil Barge)		Saint John Harbour, NB	Illegal discharge of pollutant	Approx. 10 litres	$15,000
16 Mar. 05	30 June 04	Etendard (F/V)		Bay of Chaleur, NB	Illegal discharge of garbage		$3,000
25 Jan. 05	18 Feb. 04	Irving Eskimo		Charlottetown, PEI	Illegal discharge of pollutant	Undetermined	$15,000
14 Jan. 05	07 Jan. 04 02 Mar. 04	Hime Maru No.38		Halifax, NS	Illegal discharge of oil; Master charged for ORB violations and for failure to report pollution incident	Undetermined	$60,000
12 Nov. 04	03 May 03	Shinei Maru No.85		Portugese Cove, NS	Illegal discharge of oil	10,000 L	$80,000
04 Nov. 04	17 July 04	Pleasure Craft		Charlottetown, PEI	Gasoline leak in bilge/ dangerous operation		$400
20 Sep. 04	04 June 04	Atlantic Poplar		Belledune, NB	Illegal discharge of garbage		$3,000
06 June 04	18 Aug. 03	Alexandritovy (M/V)		Coley's Point, NL	Illegal discharge of oil Failure to report a pollution incident	Undetermined	$20,000 $15,000
10 May 04	26 Feb. 02	Olga (F/V)**		134 km SE Of Cape Race, NL	Illegal discharge of oil Failure to report a pollution incident	20 L	$150,000 $20,000
02 Apr. 04	05 Apr. 01	Olga (F/V)**		120NM Off NL	Illegal discharge of pollutant Failure to report a pollution incident No Response Organization Agreement in place	About 40,000 L contaminated ballast water	$100,000 $10,000 $3,000
23 Mar. 04	25 Feb. 02	DSV West Navion**		Halifax, NS	Illegal discharge of oil	277 L	$60,000
19 Jan. 04	12 Aug. 03	Vesttind (F/V)		Harbour Grace, NL	No Response Organization Agreement		$3,000
09 Jan. 04	17 Apr. 03	M/V Retriever (tug)		Halifax,NS	Illegal discharge of oil	Undetermined	$7,500
19 Sep. 03	19 Feb. 02	F/V Tide Runner		Grand Manan, NB	Illegal discharge of oil	500 L	$10,000
23 June 03	21 Feb. 02	MV Cala Palamos		Halifax, NS	Illegal discharge of oil and failure to report pollution incident	4300 L	$100,000
27 Nov. 02	15 Apr. 02	Fujisei Maru		Dartmouth, NS	Illegal discharge of oil	25 L	$7,500
25 Nov. 02	06 Mar. 02	CSL Atlas**		80 NM south of Halifax, NS	Illegal discharge of oil	92 L	$125,000
02 July 02	11 June 99	Anyo Maru		Long Pond, NL	Illegal discharge of oil	Undetermined	$5,000
08 May 02	25 Nov. 01	Maersk Gabarus		Dartmouth, NS	Illegal discharge of oil	40 L	$5,000
30 Apr. 02	29 May 00	EBN Al Waleed		Stephenville, NL	Illegal discharge of oil	Undetermined	$15,000
12 Apr. 02	19 Apr. 01	MV Scarab**		64 NM SSE of St. John's, NL	Illegal discharge of oil	380 L	$45,000
25 Feb. 02	22 Dec. 99	MV Baltic Confidence**		85 NM SE of Halifax, NS	Illegal discharge of oil	850 L	$125,000
18 Dec. 01	13 Aug. 01	Eirik Raude (Oil Rig)		Dartmouth, NS	Illegal discharge of oil; failure to carry IOPP certificate and failure to carry ORB	15 L	$20,000
25 Oct. 01	27 Sep. 01	Olympic Melody*		38 NM NE of Cape North, NS	Illegal discharge of oil	290 L	$25,000
18 June 01	13 Jan. 01	Kent Express		Saint John, NB	Illegal discharge of oil	15 L	$10,000
06 June 01	28 Nov. 00	Endurance*		50 NM off Canso, NS	Illegal discharge of oil	1,200 L	$35,000
02 May 01	20 Oct. 00	Atlantic Birch		Saint John, NB	Illegal discharge of oil	55 L	$10,000
02 May 01	12 Apr. 00	Mariel		Halifax, NS	Illegal discharge of oil	1,500 L	$10,000
27 Apr. 01	07 June 00	Tahkuna		Harbour Grace, NL	Illegal discharge of oil	1,000 L	$20,000
23 Apr. 01	10 Oct. 00	Sandviken*		37 NM off Yarmouth, NS	Illegal discharge of oil	2,400 L	$40,000
06 Apr. 01	08 June 00	Taurus		Argentia, NL	Illegal discharge of oil	100 L	$12,000
28 Mar. 01	23 Feb. 00	Leonis		Whiffen Head, NL	Illegal discharge of oil	200 L	$10,000
21 Mar. 01	22 Feb. 00	Donau Ore**		40NM off Cape Saint Mary's, NL	MBCA prosecution : illegal discharge of oil	Undetermined	$30,500
07 Feb. 01	08 Aug. 00	Never Satisfied (F/V)		Sambro, NS	Illegal discharge of oil	Undetermined	$ 2,500
31 Jan. 01	02 Dec. 00	Chokyu Maru 28		Dartmouth, NS	Illegal discharge of oil	30 L	$ 7,500
30 Jan. 01	27 Apr. 00	Ocean Foxtrot		Dartmouth, NS	Illegal discharge of oil	15 L	$10,000
10 Jan. 01	18 July 00	Cape Neddick		St. John's, NL	Illegal discharge of oil	Undetermined	$14,000
22 Dec. 00	03 Mar. 00	Pioneer Spirit		Botwood, NL	Illegal discharge of oil	Unknown	$ 9,000
08 Aug. 00	30 Mar. 00	Barbara Louise		Lunenburg, NS	Illegal discharge of oil	375 L	$12,000
18 July 00	03 Mar. 00	Atlantic Hawk		Halifax, NS	Illegal discharge of oil	5 L	$ 5,000
09 June 00	19 Oct. 99	Kopu		Argentia, NL	Illegal discharge of oil	Unknown	$ 6,500
15 May 00	25 Nov. 99	Rio Cuyaguateje		St. John's Harbour, NL	Illegal discharge of oil	Small amount of diesel	$ 6,500
20 Apr. 00	13 May 99	Trenchsetter		Halifax Harbour, NS	Illegal discharge of oil	Small amount of diesel	$ 2,500
11 Apr. 00	07 Jan. 00	Med Taipei*		195 NM SE off Sable Island, NS	Illegal discharge of oil	778 L	$30,000
04 Apr. 00	06 July 99	Rio Yateras		Bayside, NB	Failure to have an agreement with a response Organization		$ 3,000
21 Mar. 00	04 Jan. 00	Chokyu Maru		Dartmouth, NS	Illegal discharge of oil	Approx. 159 L	$10,000
21 Feb. 00	21 June 99	Orvar		Harbour Grace, NL	Illegal discharge of oil	50 L	$ 6,000
14 Feb. 00	08 Feb. 99	Nordholt*		186 NM off NS	Illegal discharge of oil	15 L	$35,000
07 Feb. 00	28 May 99	Atlantic Elm		Halifax Harbour, NS	Illegal discharge of oil	Approx. 1.26 L	$ 5,000
31 Jan. 00	13 Mar. 99	Polar Duke*		135 NM off NS	Illegal discharge of oil	2.6 L	$20,000
24 Jan. 00	10 Nov. 99	Solborg		Roberts Harbour, NL	Illegal discharge of oil	50 L	$ 7,500
24 Jan. 00	22 June 99	Ocean Castle		Harbour Grace, NL	Illegal discharge of oil	100 L	$10,000
18 Jan. 00	01 Oct. 99	Riverton		At Rowan Gorilla, Sable Isl. oil field, NS	Illegal discharge of oil	155 L	$ 5,000
10 Jan. 00	25 Sep. 99	Sauniere**		17 NM South of NL	Illegal discharge of oil	37 L	$10,000
10 Jan. 00	14 Apr. 99	Orient Tiger		Come By Chance, NL	Illegal discharge of oil	2,000 L	$ 8,500
08 Jan. 00	30 Apr. 99	Geco Sigma		Halifax Harbour, NS	Illegal discharge of oil	15 L	$ 5,000
TOTAL							$1,882,400

* Department of National Defence Aerial Surveillance

** Transport Canada Aerial Surveillance

Highest fines in Canada issued to marine polluters:

1.OLGA, May 10, 2004, 20L of an oily substance, 134 km SE of Cape Race, NL  - $170,000 penalty.

Other high fines:

1.BALTIC CONFIDENCE, February 25, 2002, 850 L of an oily substance, 85 NM SW of Halifax, NS  -  $125,000 penalty.

2.CSL ATLAS, November 25, 2002, 92 L of an oily substance, 80 NM South of Halifax, NS  - $125,000 penalty.

Both were successfully prosecuted using evidence gathered by aerial surveillance flights.