SEATTLE — The Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) arrested the captain of the container ship MSC on Wednesday for allegedly operating the vessel while intoxicated.
The incident began when watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received a report from a Puget Sound Pilot aboard the MSC Jubilee IX, a 333-meter container ship operating under the Liberian flag.
The pilot reported that the ship’s captain was showing signs of intoxication…