The captain of the containership MSC Jubilee IX is now facing a $10,000 arrest warrant after he failed to appear for a pre-trial hearing in Washington State. The King County District Court issued the warrant on August 27 when both the captain and his lawyer did not attend.
The case involves Captain Oleh Danylin, a 48-year-old Ukrainian national, who was arrested on August 20 in Seattle on suspicion of operating his vessel while intoxicated. He was formally charged on August 25 after a Puget Sound Pilot reported that he showed signs of intoxication while the vessel was being moved from Everett anchorage to Terminal 5 in Seattle.
Court records show that the ship’s first officer took over command along with the pilot, and together they navigated the containership to port without incident. The vessel was later detained until its operator, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), appointed a replacement captain.
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound was
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