Singapore-based shipping line pays $27,500 for 2006 Elliott Bay oil spill

A Singapore-based shipping line has paid a $27,500 fine for a 2006 oil spill in Seattle's Elliott Bay, the state Department of Ecology announced Monday.

The fine stems from an incident that sent 93 gallons of thick, syrupy fuel oil into Puget Sound while a cargo ship owned by OSM Ship Management was being fueled from an adjacent barge, according to Ecology.

The oil coated parts of the Elliott Bay Marina and took six days to clean up.

Ecology investigators determined the ship's crew failed to properly monitor the fueling, made faulty repairs to a fuel tank valve and didn't promptly report the spill.