Delays fuel dumping

摘要

Vessel operators calling at US ports have complained that bureaucracy and delays in offloading waste are routinely to blame for high seas dumping of oily water and other pollutants.rnWhile none said as much 'on the record'to a recent US Coast Guard (USCG) hearing, they did lament that inadequate shore reception facilities are a major problem and urged the US government to fund a 'fix' with fines revenue.rnCapt Rob Lorigan, operations compliance VP at OSG Ship Management, - itself slapped with massive dumping fines - complained that too many shoreside reception facilities take days to test waste before agreeing to accept it. He told Fair-play that some terminals will allow offloading of waste at some piers, but not at others.