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Mariner’s Criminalized Mariner’s Criminalized How Did We Get Here?How Did We Get Here?

Peter D. SquicciariniMaster Mariner

U.S. Coast Guard, Atlantic Area(757) 398-7720

peter.d.squicciarini@uscg.mil

In The BeginningIn The Beginning

TITANIC 1912TITANIC 1912

1517 Dead

Captain Edward Smith Went down with the ship

J. Bruce Ismay Chmn/Dir White Star Line Escaped in lifeboat

Never charged

Thomas Andrews Designer Went down with the ship

MORRO CASTLE 1934MORRO CASTLE 1934

137 Dead

Captain Robert Wilmott Died Enroute due to natural causes. (Good timing)

Captain William Warms Chief Officer, Acting Master Exonerated of all charges

ANDREA DORIA v STOCKHOLM ANDREA DORIA v STOCKHOLM 19561956

Captain Calamai (Andrea

Doria)

Beached w/o punishment

Captain Nordenson(Stockholm)

Continued to sailNo punishment

53 Dead

YARMOUTH CASTLE 1965YARMOUTH CASTLE 1965

90 Dead

Capt. Byron Voutsinas

Capt. Voutsinas wascriticized by Coast Guardbut not punished.

Left the shipping industry to

open a restaurant.

EXXON VALDEZ 1989EXXON VALDEZ 1989

E-Crime11,000,000 gallons of oil spilled.

250,000 seabirds, 2,800 sea otters, 300 harbor seals, 250 bald eagles dead.

Captain Joe Hazelwood 1,000 hours of community service. Fined $50,000. Beached, but no prison time.

{Named the patron saint of the movie Waterworld’s evil "Smokers“, a band of scavenging raiders}

STATEN ISLAND FERRY 2003STATEN ISLAND FERRY 2003

11 Dead

Assistant pilot, Richard Smith Pleaded guilty to 11 counts of seaman's manslaughter. Got 18 months in prison.

Captain, Michael J. Gansas Prosecution deferred for three years. 200 hours of community service. No prison.

Ferry Operations Director, Patrick Ryan Pleading guilty to negligent manslaughter. Got 1 year and 1 day in prison.

Ethan Allen 2005Ethan Allen 2005

20 Dead

Captain Richard Paris

Criminal negligence conviction.

Fine of $250.

200 hours of community service in lieu 15 days jail time.

COSCO BUSAN 2007COSCO BUSAN 2007

E-Crime53,000 gallons of oil spilled. 2,400 birds dead.

Captain John Cota (pilot)

Convicted of Clean Water Act (CWA) and Oil Spill Act (OPA) of 1990 violations.

Got 10 months in federal prison.

T/V Mel Oliver 2008T/V Mel Oliver 2008

E-Crime282,828 gallons of oil spilled

Terry Carver, Master Got3 years Federal probation

Randall Dantin, DRD Towing Got 21 months in prison $50,000 personal fine $200,000 company fine

John Bavaret, Apprentice Steersman Got 6 months in prison, and 6 months home detention

DUKW v CARIBBEAN SEA 2010DUKW v CARIBBEAN SEA 2010

2 Dead

Captain Matthew R. Devlin

Convicted under Seaman's Manslaughter Statute.

Got 1 year plus 1 day in federal prison. Got 3 years of supervised release.

SEA TOW v P/C JAMES RIVER 2010SEA TOW v P/C JAMES RIVER 2010

1 Dead

Captain Wayne Espinoza

Indicted for involuntary manslaughter.

Bottiglieri Challenger 2012Bottiglieri Challenger 2012

E-Crime“Magic Pipe”

Chief Engineer Vito La Forgia

Got 1 month in jail.

Giusseppe Bottiglieri Shipping Co.

$1 million criminal fine. 4 years of probation.$300,000 payment to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

PATHFINDER 2012PATHFINDER 2012

E-Crime6,500 gallons of oil spilled

Captain Ronald Monsen

Got 36 months of probation First six months to be spent in home confinement.

Fined $15,000.

50 hours of community service.

M/V GAURAV PREM 2012M/V GAURAV PREM 2012

E-CrimeOWS/ORB violations.

Discharge of plastics.

Captain Prastana Taohim Got 1 year and 1 day. 3 years probation. Deportation after jail time.

Target Ship Management $1 million criminal fine.

Got 3 years of probation.$200,000 payment to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

COSTA CONCORDIA 2012COSTA CONCORDIA 2012

32 Dead

Capt Schettino Faces charges of manslaughter,

abandoning ship, and failing to communicate with maritime authorities.

If convicted on all charges, Schettino could be sentenced to prison term exceeding 2,500 years.

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