Matthaios Fafalios was convicted of knowingly falsifying the vessel’s oil record book, obstruction of justice, and witness tampering.
The offences relate to his service onboard the 75,600-dwt Trident Navigator (built 2000) and a subsequent US Coast Guard boarding of the vessel in January 2014.
In late December 2013, Fafalios ordered his engineering crew to construct a “magic hose” to discharge the oily waste water that was in the vessel’s bilge holding tank.
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