Grand-Prosperity

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The Coast Guard issued a $5,000 notice of violation to the "Ken Cape" for failure to report a hazardous condition on board the vessel. During a port state control examination of the vessel, Coast Guard vessel inspectors from Sector Columbia River’s Marine Safety Unit in Portland, discovered approximately 120,000 gallons of ballast water and heavy fuel oil that had leaked into a cargo hold via a severely deteriorated fuel oil vent pipe. The situation was discovered by the ship’s crew several days earlier while at sea; however, the vessel failed to report the hazardous condition to the Coast Guard, a violation that carries a maximum fine of $40,000. Coast Guard inspectors were working with the vessel’s flag state, vessel crew, owner, and managing company to properly remove the oil and make repairs to the vessel prior to it loading cargo and departing port. The vessel intended to load grain in Kalama and was to depart for Vietnam after the port state control requirements have been met. It entered Portland port on Dec 2, 2013.