Press Release from the MCA site @
http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga07-home/newsandpublications/press-releases.htm?id=209450E3263FF102&m=1&y=2010Press Notice No: 08/10
Friday, January 08, 2010
Posted 16:27 GMT
RUSSIAN MASTER IN COURT AFTER BEING FOUND DRUNK IN CHARGE OF SHIP
Late yesterday, ABP notified the Maritime & Coastguard Agency via Solent Coastguard after concerns were raised that a vessel Balu C was not being managed correctly on its passage into a berth at the port.
The Master of the Balu C 52 year old Mr. Valery Semenov was breathalysed by the Police upon arrival into Southampton Port, and he was found to have 94 microgrammes (mg) in 100 millilitres of breath. In the case of breath, 35 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres is the legal limit. Therefore Mr. Semenov, a 52 year old Russian national was nearly three times that legal limit.
The Balu C is a 2008 built general cargo ship registered in Antigua and Barbuda. Her deadweight tonnage (carrying capacity) is 8,045 tonnes. She was on passage from Amsterdam to Southampton with a cargo of grain with a crew of 12.
At Southampton Magistrates Court today, Mr. Semenov pleaded guilty and was fined
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