Recently there have been a number of cases, the latest being in the first weekend of February 2011 where an incident of intrusion by a vessel into a protected offshore area, this time the Marine Mammals Sanctuary in the area of the Samana Peninsular off the north east coast of the Dominican Republic, which has resulted in the vessel’s owners and their local agents of a fully loaded MR tanker being sanctioned by the Dominican Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources with an administrative fine of RD$10,000,000 being roughly equivalent to US$265,000 for anchoring within a restricted area. The fine, being approximately 60% of the maximum scale was imposed despite the vessel seeking refuge to undertake repairs, being in distress following a breakdown of the main engine and auxiliaries on the high seas. Details please refer to attached Circular.
环境保护问题－多米尼加共和国(from UK)
近来发生了几起事故，最近一起发生于2011年2月的第一个周末，一艘轮船闯入多米尼加的近海保护区，事故致使该满载中程油轮的船东及其当地代理受到多米尼加共和国环境与自然资源部的行政处罚，罚款金额为：10,000,000比索，约等于265,000美元，理由是该轮在限制区域内停泊。尽管该轮是因为主机和辅机在外海发生故障而寻找锚地进行维修，还是被处以接近最高额60％的罚款。详见附件通函。
