MV Avenue Star

MV Avenue Star is a 17,200 dwt bulk cargo ship built in 2008.[1]

History
Name: Avenue Star
Launched: 1 August 2007
Completed: 2008
Identification:
General characteristics
Displacement:

17,200 dwt 10,965 gt

6,106 nt
Length: 152m
Beam: 21m
Draft: 8.48m
Depth: 12.45m
Ice class: B
Propulsion: PIELSTICK Type 8PC2-5L
Speed: 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h)

According to a statement from the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, Yavuz Mogultay was serving on board Avenue Star as the ship's engineer when he used bypass hoses to shortcut the vessel’s pollution prevention equipment and discharge oil waste from the engine room. The United States Coast Guard discovered the oil in the ship's ballast water tank upon inspecting the vessel on October 21, 2009, at the Port of Tampa. On July 23, 2010, Mogultay pleaded guilty to the charges of failing to record the discharges properly.[2] He was later sentenced to 60 months probation.[3]

References
  1. "Vessel For Sale". AsiaVessel.com. 25 March 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  2. "Ship engineer pleads guilty in oil dumping found at Port of Tampa". Tampa Bay Business Journal. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  3. "Summary of Criminal Prosecutions". EPA. 2010.
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