Drunk Ship Captain Arrested in New Zealand

Parmod Kumar, Master of the African Harrier, a 2014-built, 37k deadweight ton bulk provider, pleaded responsible on Monday in New Zealand’s Tauranga District Court to working a ship drunk. He was discovered to have 5 instances the authorized breath alcohol restrict and is the primary individual to be prosecuted since a change to the laws in October 2013. He was fined $3,000, in keeping with Maritime New Zealand.

The vessel was resulting from go away Tauranga on Sunday 22 March, however the Pilot expressed concern to Maritime NZ that the Master was drunk.

After visiting the vessel and chatting with the Master and testing him with an onboard breath check equipment, the Maritime NZ workers member requested the Police to check the person.

A breath check at Tauranga Police Station confirmed the person had a breath alcohol stage of 1229 micrograms per litre, virtually 5 instances the authorized restrict of 250mg/l.

Maritime NZ Director Keith Manch mentioned the prosecution and sentence ought to ship a powerful message to the maritime trade.

“This sort of conduct by the Master of a vessel cannot be tolerated,” he mentioned. “This final result is the results of good cooperation between the Port of Tauranga, the Pilot, Maritime NZ, and the Police.

“The vast majority of Masters take their responsibilities very seriously but in this case it was clear that firm action was required.”