Matson to pay millions to settle claims from 2013 molasses spill

摘要

Matson Navigation Co. must pay $6.5 million in fines and compensation plus as much as $9.5 million for infrastructure removal after 233,000 gallons of molasses spilled into Honolulu Harbor in September 2013. While molasses was being pumped into SS Maui from the tank farm at Sand Island Terminal, a crewmember of the ship noticed a difference between the volumes being pumped and received, but longshoremen thought the Pneu-mercator measuring instrument was faulty. The crewmember inspected the water around the ship but could not see any pollution. A container-ship moored nearby blocked the view of the pipe under the pier.