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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
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.