Article: Polembros Shipping LTD. Pleads Guilty to Crimes Related to Pollution from Cargo Ship Traveling to New Orleans; Company has agreed to pay $2.7 million criminal fine.

M2 PRESSWIRE-1 October 2009-US Department of Justice: Polembros Shipping LTD. Pleads Guilty to Crimes Related to Pollution from Cargo Ship Traveling to New Orleans; Company has agreed to pay $2.7 million criminal fine(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

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WASHINGTON -- Polembros Shipping LTD., a ship management company headquartered in Greece, pleaded guilty today in federal court in New Orleans for violating anti-pollution laws, ship safety laws, and making false statements during a U.S. Coast Guard investigation of the M/V Theotokos, the Justice Department announced.

According to the plea agreement, Polembros will pay a $2.7 million ...

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