Captain Arrested On Suspicion Of Operating Container Ship Drunk

A instrumentality vessel skipper has been arrested, accused of operating nan alloy while drunk pinch a humor intoxicant contented level six times nan limit for mariners.

The skipper of nan MSC Jubilee IX — a 333-meter instrumentality vessel operating nether nan Liberian flag — was arrested Wednesday successful Seattle, nan Coast Guard said successful a news merchandise Saturday. The captain's sanction was not disclosed.

A Puget Sound aviator aboard nan vessel had reported to nan Coast Guard watchstanders that nan skipper was “exhibiting signs of intoxication.” The aviator and first mate operated nan alloy from adjacent Everett, Washington, to nan Port of Seattle “without incident,” nan merchandise said.

After nan vessel moored astatine Terminal 5, a Coast Guard squad and Coast Guard Investigative Service agents boarded nan vessel.

The skipper completed a section sobriety and breathalyzer test, “which recovered that he was impaired much than six times nan ineligible limit for commercialized mariners," nan defender said.

Under federal law, a personification operating a alloy different than a recreational alloy pinch a humor intoxicant attraction of .04% aliases much is considered to beryllium nether nan influence.

The skipper was arrested and transported to nan King County Jail. Charges were referred to nan King County Prosecutor for boating nether nan influence, and nan lawsuit remains nether investigation. The prosecutor's agency did not instantly return a petition for comment.

The alloy was fixed a alleviation skipper and has since been cleared to resume operations, nan Coast Guard said.

“The Coast Guard is proud to guarantee nan information and information of nan maritime proscription system,” Paul Shultz, Special Agent successful Charge of nan CGIS Northwest Field Office, said successful a statement. “The Pilot’s contiguous involution mitigated important risks and ensured nan safe transition of nan vessel.”