The captain of a 333-meter container ship was six times over the legal limit, investigators said.
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard arrested the captain of the container ship MSC Jubilee IX on suspicion of operating the vessel while intoxicated following a boarding at Terminal 5 in Seattle on Aug. 20.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound were alerted by a Puget Sound Pilot who reported that the captain appeared intoxicated during a transit from an anchorage near Everett to the Port of Seattle. The pilot and first mate assumed control and navigated the ship to its berth without incident, officials said.
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