The skipper of an aging oil tanker is facing charges for violating the Navigation in Thai Waters Act by allegedly discharging about 3,000 litres of oil into the sea off Chon Buri province.

 

Royal Thai Navy (RTN) Spokesman Vice Admiral Pokkrong Monthatphalin told the media that the 30-40-year-old tanker was found to have discharged oil mixed with water into the sea, as it was cruising in the Gulf of Thailand west of Juang Island in Sattahip district yesterday.

 

He said a naval vessel found suspected oil slicks, about five miles long, yesterday morning and alerted the First Fleet based at the Sattahip naval base.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/tanker-caught-discharging-oil-into-the-sea-off-thailands-chon-buri-province/

 

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Public flogging for three years in a row seems an adequate punishment! 

For the mess it could make and the potential cleaning bill I think that is an incredibly low maximum sentence !

 

He added that officials will file charges against the skipper for violating Section 119 of the Navigation in Thai Waters Act, which carries a maximum jail term of three years and/or a fine of 60,000 baht if convicted.

Name of ship appears to be cropped out in pictures so only have Chinese symbol on superstructure to suggest where the ship is from.

 

Also painted on the superstructure :

 

Be alert, prevent pollution.

 

Oh the irony.

 

 

33 minutes ago, pacovl46 said:

Public flogging for three years in a row seems an adequate punishment! 

Keel-haul the man I say.

If there are any fossils underneath, he'll be appointed captain of The Bangkok Hilton, and his seafaring days will be over.

He better get that envelope ready, but it's probably too late.

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

discharged oil mixed with water into the sea,

Should have poured some soluble oil in before pumping the bilges? 

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Keel-haul the man I say.

not much keel on a tanker i think but i get your drift.

My guess is this happens alot. And waste discharge too. I doubt the authorities pay much attention to it. Environmental protection of the land, sea and air seem to be one of the last priorities in the world Thailand has. 

there was a much bigger outcry when some dumb farang diver picked up a sea cucumber and then put it back. This country never ceases to baffle me...

The skipper is probably only partially to blame. Probably this happens in consent with the owner. They should be punished and pay for the damage! Why are they not named?

3 minutes ago, Stefanix said:

Probably this happens in consent with the owner.

Are you responsible for the car when your wife drives it.

4 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

For the mess it could make and the potential cleaning bill I think that is an incredibly low maximum sentence !

 

He added that officials will file charges against the skipper for violating Section 119 of the Navigation in Thai Waters Act, which carries a maximum jail term of three years and/or a fine of 60,000 baht if convicted.

60,000bahts? is that a joke? It should. E 6 million baht and 10 years in jail, confiscation and dismantling of the tanker..

6 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

 

11 minutes ago, Stefanix said:

Probably this happens in consent with the owner.

Are you responsible for the car when your wife drives it.

 

Ridiculous strawman argument if the day…..  & it’s still morning !!!! 

1 hour ago, Stefanix said:

The skipper is probably only partially to blame. Probably this happens in consent with the owner. They should be punished and pay for the damage! Why are they not named?

They are ordered to dump used Fuel Oil at sea; you can normally find great blobs of it on your local Beaches in your home country, it's everywhere !

5 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Keel-haul the man I say.

The company that this ship belongs to should get an enormous fine and be sued. These crimes against the environment happen every single day, all over the world, and they need to be stopped. The only way to accomplish that is to hurt them financially.

9 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Keel-haul the man I say.

We can do that alternatively, one flogging, one keel-haul, one flogging…

4 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

They are ordered to dump used Fuel Oil at sea;

Fuel oil ios expensive. Why dump it. Anyone who knows anything about the operation of a ship will know they pumped the bilges.

 

23 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

discharged oil mixed with water i

QED

12 hours ago, pacovl46 said:

Public flogging for three years in a row seems an adequate punishment! 

No. Give him a straw and force him to suck it up.

Due to defamation laws, the name of the ship, it company & owners can't be named. I hope this hits the int'l press where they can be named & shamed.

9 hours ago, Stefanix said:

The skipper is probably only partially to blame. Probably this happens in consent with the owner. They should be punished and pay for the damage! Why are they not named?

Perhaps it's a Thai company. Normally shouted from the rooftops if anyone else.

9 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

They are ordered to dump used Fuel Oil at sea; you can normally find great blobs of it on your local Beaches in your home country, it's everywhere !

Used fuel oil??? That would be called exhaust. It goes up the smoke stack. I’m pretty sure they were tank washing.

12 hours ago, greenmonkey said:

there was a much bigger outcry when some dumb farang diver picked up a sea cucumber and then put it back. This country never ceases to baffle me...

Do you read the Thai press or online Thai  forums?

23 minutes ago, whaleboneman said:

Used fuel oil??? That would be called exhaust. It goes up the smoke stack. I’m pretty sure they were tank washing.

Agreed ! Tank  flushing in expectation of a new different cargo as informed by shipping  owners. Sadly I would suspect that insufficient "blinding " money was paid to ignore  such close proximity  flush.

On 2/25/2022 at 11:12 AM, Stefanix said:

The skipper is probably only partially to blame. Probably this happens in consent with the owner. They should be punished and pay for the damage! Why are they not named?

Yep. 

 

Working offshore for many years, occasionally the rig would be in the shipyard or dockside I'd see these old vessels and their captains/skippers. 

Phillipines and Indians (if local ship, Thai captain), most of these guys have no knowledge about the environment, their education is different from ours. 

These guys are on poor wages and forced by their companies to do this disgusting, unacceptable destruction to our planet.