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Drunk captain jailed
A ship’s captain has been sent to jail for eight weeks and fined £150 for being drunk in charge of a 2,500 dwt ship in UK waters.
Sergey Safronov was so inebriated he had to hand over control of the Pur-Navolok bulker to his chief mate.
When breathalysed Safronov was found to have 80mg of alcohol in his breath – the legal limit for shipping is 25mg.
The ship was sailing up the River Fowey in Cornwall last month when concerns were raised.