CORNELIA

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Engine failure in Bosphorus

The 'Cornelia', en route from Bari to Constanta, suffered an engine failure while transiting the Bosphorus on May 31, 2024. The vessel encountered a breakdown near Beşiktaş , leading to the immediate deployment of a pilot and the tugs "Kurtarma 9" and "Kurtarma 12' from the Directorate General of Coastal Safety to assist. Consequently, the ship traffic in the Bosphorus has been halted temporarily to facilitate the safe handling of the situation. Ship traffic was set to resume at 7 a.m. for southbound vessels after a brief suspension. The ship was taken to Türkeli and safely moored in pos. 41° 16.38'N 029° 01.98' E. Report with photos: https://x.com/kiyiemniyet/status/1796459078283411496

German ship operator pleads guilty to environmental violations

The German operator of a ship that was detained on Lake Superior outside Duluth last year pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis to covering up environmental violations. MST Mineralien Schiffahrt admitted that on at least 10 occasions last year — from February to October 2015 — crew members on the M/V Cornelia illegally dumped oil-contaminated waste water overboard. They then failed to record those discharges in the ship's Oil Record Book, according to the charges brought by the U.S. Attorney's Office for Minnesota. That gave the false impression that the polluted water had been properly handled and disposed. At least one of those discharges occurred in the Great Lakes. MST will be required to pay an $800,000 fine to the United States. The company will also make a $200,000 community service payment to help preserve the watershed of Lake Superior, and serve three years probation. http://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/07/05/duluth-stranded-saltie-guilty-plea-environmental-violation

MST Mineralien Schiffahrt charged for polluting US waters

The U.S. Attorney's Office for Minnesota has charged a owner of the "Cornelia" with illegally discharging polluted water into the Great Lakes and then presenting falsified records of the activity to the U.S. Coast Guard. The accusations are laid out in a 10-page indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis on May 11, 2016. The "Cornelia" and its 19 crew members sat at anchor outside the Duluth harbor for more than a month late in 2015 while the attorney's office investigated the ship for what at the time was described only as a discharge of oily water. The ship was finally allowed to leave on Dec 18 so it could exit the Great Lakes before canals were closed for the winter. The indictment from U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger accused the ship's German owner, MST Mineralien Schiffahrt, of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. According to the court filing, the "Cornelia" experienced significant leakages of oily waste-water from its engines and illegally discharged the dirty water overboard on at least 10 occasions, including at least once in the Great Lakes. The company was also accused of not recording those discharges in the ship's "Oil Record Book, which according to the indictment gave the false and misleading impression that all of the machinery space bilge water on the Cornelia had been properly handled and disposed.