Record fine for Hong Kong-based miscreant

MSC Ship Management Limited, a Hong Kong-based container ship company, has pleaded guilty and sentenced to pay a [US]$10 million criminal fine after admitting to engaging in conspiracy, obstruction of justice, destruction of evidence, false statements and violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

MSC Ship Management admitted to charges that a specially-fitted steel pipe, referred to as the “magic pipe,” was used on the MSC Elena, a 30,971 ton container ship, to circumvent required ship pollution prevention equipment and discharge oil sludge and oil contaminated waste directly overboard.

Environment News Service
MSC has an office on Queen's Road Central: Hong Kong Shipowners Association
A private company, MSC's headquarters is in Geneva, Switzerland: MSC