Shipping firm fined $2M for Gulf oil dumping and cover-up

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A shipping company on Thursday pleaded guilty to dumping oily waste into the Gulf and attempting to cover it up. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Louisiana helped prosecute the case. The company in question is V.Ships Norway A.S., a Norwegian ship management firm. The company specifically pleaded guilty to violating the

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