Cargo Ship Engineer Pleads Guilty To Violating U.S. Law on Oil Dumping

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The chief engineer of a cargo ship registered in the Marshall Islands has pleaded guilty to violating U.S. federal law related to the overboard discharge of oil-contaminated waste, a federal prosecutor announced May 3 (United States v. Sikharulidze, E.D.N.C, No. 4:10-cr-32, guilty plea entered 5/3/10).rnAccording to George E.B. Holding, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Vaja Sikharulidze-a citizen of the nation of Georgia-entered his guilty plea in federal district court May 3.rnSikharulidze was the chief engineer of Chem Faros, a 21,145-gross-ton oceangoing ship that transported cargo between various ports in Asia and the United States, including Morehead City, N.C.