Shipping Company Agrees To Pay $725,000 Fine Over 2013 Molasses Spill

(February 8, 2017, 3:44 PM EST) -- HONOLULU — Matson Terminals Inc. on Jan. 19 agreed to pay a $725,000 civil penalty for violating the Clean Water Act that stemmed from a 2013 spill of 233,000 gallons of sugar cane molasses into the Honolulu Harbor during ship-loading activities (United States of America v. Matson Terminals, Inc., No. 17-cv-22, D. Hawaii)....