Two shipping companies incorporated in Liberia pleaded guilty in Delaware to presenting falsified documents to the U.S. Coast Guard to hide oil pollution caused by one of their cargo ships. A Department of Justice statement says Nederland Shipping Co. and Chartworld Shipping Co. also pleaded guilty yesterday to not notifying the Coast Guard of the M/V Nederland Reefer's hazardous condition after a hole developed in the vessel's bilge water tank, compromising the hull's integrity. The companies must pay a $1.8 million fine.
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机译：两家在利比里亚成立的船运公司在特拉华州认罪，向美国海岸警卫队提交伪造的文件，以掩盖其一艘货船造成的石油污染。司法部的一份声明说，Nederland Shipping Co.和Chartworld Shipping Co.昨天也认罪，在船舱底水箱上开了一个洞后，没有通知海岸警卫队M / V Nederland Reefer的危险状况，损害了船体的完整性。这些公司必须支付180万美元的罚款。
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