Russian crew found drunk after near-grounding in Norway
The track of the Wilson Rhein (bt.no)
Russian master and coxswain were taken by Norwegian authorities for blood tests after a near-grounding.
The 1,800-dwt Wilson Rhine (built 1998) was said to have been in danger of running aground off Marstein overnight on 1 September en route from Rotterdam.
Marine authorities tried to contact the ship, but it managed to swing back just metres from a dangerous shallow and later docked at Sotra with a steel cargo.
The two men, from a crew of six, were found to be intoxicated.
“It is totally unacceptable,” Wilson spokesman Jon Are Gummedal told local media. “We have a zero-tolerance policy for alcohol on our ships.”
Source: Tradewinds.no