Canada's public prosecution service has filed environmental charges following a 2015 spill from a Greek bulker.

About 2,700 litres of fuel were lost from the 81,000–dwt Marathassa (built 2015) in an accidental discharge on 8 April of that year in English Bay.

Ten charges have been laid against the vessel and operator Alassia Newships Management, North Shore News said.

These include unauthorised discharge of a pollutant, failure to implement an oil pollution emergency plan and failure to report pollution.

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