NewsWhore
03-17-2008, 03:30 PM
The Ministry of the Environment has announced that the Seaboard Caribbean, the ship that spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel oil in Punta Caucedo, affecting beaches in Boca Chica, has paid the fines that were levied. The ship paid RD$7,095,314, according to the Diario Libre. The sum was divided between punitive damages and the cost of the clean up efforts as well as ecological damages. The Frederic Schad company, representing the ship's insurers, deposited the check together with a letter guaranteeing coverage of any ecological damages.
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