Chief engineers admit to hiding oil pollution

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Prosecutors say two chief engineers hid oil pollution in “magic pipes” designed to avoid government detection.

Now, the chief engineers of car-carrier ships in Baltimore City have pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to criminal charges related to their deliberate concealment of oil-contaminated waste in the lowest point of the ship?s inner hull called the bilge.

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