Marine pollution: satellite images allow for the first time in France to condemn a ship after degassing in Normandy

On the basis of spatial data, the Court of Appeal of Rouen sentenced on Friday 25 April the captain and shipowner of the "MT Guardians" to substantial fines for illegally rejecting residues of vegetable oils in Seine Bay in January 2021.

On Friday, the Court of Appeal of Rouen sentenced the captain and the shipowner of a ship for illegal discharges of polluting substances on the basis of satellite images, a first in France that could make case law.

Caen, 25 Apr 2025 (AFP) – The captain and shipowner of the ship MT Guardians, whose degassing in 2021 had been detected thanks to satellite images, were sentenced by the Court of Appeal of Rouen on Friday, a first in France according to several associations. The Ukrainian commander of the [...]