Overview

• The oil tanker Kriti Ruby illegally discharged oily bilge water into the ocean near Jacksonville, Florida, and Newark, New Jersey, in 2022, bypassing pollution prevention equipment.
• Crew members concealed the pollution by falsifying records and hiding equipment used in the illegal discharges in a sealed void space called a 'cofferdam.'
• The companies were fined $3.375 million and ordered to pay an additional $1.25 million to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation as part of their sentence.
• Both companies will serve five years of probation under environmental compliance plans monitored to ensure adherence to pollution laws.
• Two crew members, including the former chief engineer, received sentences of time served and financial penalties for their roles in the scheme.