Egyptian Tanker Co and Thome Ship Management have pleated guilty to pollution charges and agreed to pay a fine of $1.9m, the US Justice Department said.

The Cairo tanker owner and Singapore manager admitted to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution Ships and to obstruction of justice in a federal court in Beaumont, Texas. 

“This case involved egregious violations of US and international laws that are key to protecting the oceans from pollution, and deliberate efforts to mislead US Coast Guard officials about these criminal acts, ” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Wood.