Ok, own up kehleuns

snowsub · 12-19-05, 11:22 PM

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German ship may face $1m oil fine

20dec05

A MELBOURNE magistrate has been asked to consider fining a German shipping company almost $1 million for an oil spill at Phillip Island, in what would be the state's biggest environmental fine.

Reederi Suderelbe GMBH & Co Schiffahrts KG (RSS), as the owner of the ship ANL Pioneer, has pleaded guilty to three charges relating to the incident in February 2003.

The ship's master Erhard Heinz Schuschan, 60, of Germany, has pleaded guilty to one charge of being master of the ship when a discharge of oil or oily mixture occurred in Bass Strait.

The two defendants, who are not present in court, have agreed to a statement of fact that was read to magistrate Frank Jones by Environment Protection Authority prosecutor Paul Willee, QC.

Mr Willee told the court the defendants had been knowingly sailing the ship with leaking oil tanks and structural problems in Australian waters.

Around February 27, 2003 the ship left Melbourne for Sydney, and the discharge was first noticed at Cape Woolamai on Phillip Island.

The court heard the discharge affected about 12km of coastline covering 24 little penguins and killing three.

The cleanup cost close to $600,000.

The oil also affected a cormorant, nine silver gulls and five endangered hooded plovers

Now which one of you was refueling??? :P

bookworm_020 · 12-20-05, 12:29 AM

It was Bernard's fault, he pressed the button!

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Crym · 12-20-05, 07:39 AM

Right, it was Bernhard, I saw it too. Pressed the big red button and then the tanker a kilometer away went boom and started to leak a lot.

Crym

don1reed · 12-21-05, 01:56 PM

Yikes.

Sounds like UNREP OPS went foul.

(Note to self: make sure pump is off before disconnecting nozzle)

Ducimus · 12-21-05, 02:03 PM

Uh oh.

*looks at crew roster*

It seems i have an OberfÃ¤hnrich z. S. Bernard who is in charge of repairs and our engine compartment here on U-554.

I swear to you he ges nowhere near the command room!

Shakermaker · 12-21-05, 05:16 PM

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Now which one of you was refueling??? :P

Me. I thought there were Milchcows in SHIII.

12-20-05, 12:29 AM	#2
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	It was Bernard's fault, he pressed the button! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

12-20-05, 07:39 AM	#3
Crym Watch Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Trondheim, Norway [AF91] Posts: 15 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That's right! Right, it was Bernhard, I saw it too. Pressed the big red button and then the tanker a kilometer away went boom and started to leak a lot. Crym

12-21-05, 01:56 PM	#4
don1reed Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Valhalla: Silent Generation Posts: 1,149 Downloads: 910 Uploads: 0	Yikes. Sounds like UNREP OPS went foul. (Note to self: make sure pump is off before disconnecting nozzle) __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ~ George Orwell

12-21-05, 02:03 PM	#5
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Uh oh. looks at crew roster It seems i have an OberfÃ¤hnrich z. S. Bernard who is in charge of repairs and our engine compartment here on U-554. I swear to you he ges nowhere near the command room!