(New Haven Independent) - A crew of Filipino laborers pulled up to this New Haven dock to make a delivery... and ended up detained in a local motel as witnesses after crying foul aboard their oil tanker. Authorities are holding the tanker on a $1 million bond on suspicion of illegal dumping into U.S. waters.
The crew of M/T Kriton glided up to the Magellan T-Dock in New Haven's port one chilly evening in March. The vessel, a 606-foot oil tanker rusting from its 16 years at sea, had been making stops along the U.S. coast.
Like many of the commercial barges that steam into New Haven's harbor, the ship and its crew brought a host of international ties -- a crew from the Philippines, ship officers from Greece, owned by a company from Liberia, Africa, operating under the Bahamian flag.
Local harbor historian and Yale professor and kayaker Gaddis Smith said he sees the "rust bucket" pull up to the dock fairly often. Years ago, such a vessel (smaller, made of wood) would've been greeted by an envoy of ladies from the Woman's Seafarer Friends Society, given a bible and a place to stay. Or sailors would've hopped off, free to roam the shores and local bars, reckoned Smith. Not so for the Kriton crew... full story here
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