Ballast water rules will be actively enforced warns P&I club

摘要

Ships trading in the United States risk penalties similar to those facing a German shipowner if they violate American ballast water regulations, P&I insurer the Standard Club has warned. Hamburg-based Vega Reederei could be required to pay a maximum USD38,175 fine as part of a civil procedure against the company after the US Coast Guard (USCG) determined its bulker Vega Mars had dumped untreated ballast water in late January while moored at the Port of Tacoma in Washington State.