The 81,700-dwt Artvin(built 2011) was detained by the US Coast Guard in Baltimore, Maryland late last year following an inspection that led to the discovery of equipment used to bypass the vessel’s oily water separator (OWS).
“Any discharge from a ship into the sea of oil or oily mixtures shall be prohibited unless it is processed through oil processing equipment with a dilution that does not exceed 15 ppm (parts per million),” the agency wrote in a subsequent report.
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