CEG GALAXY

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Vessel dragged anchor off Oban

The Oban RNLI Lifeboat ‘Mora Edith MacDonald’ was requested to launched in the morning of Jan 11, 2020, to assist the 'CEG Galaxy' which was anchored in Oban bay. The vessel had dragged her two anchors in the gale force winds that battered Oban overnight, putting her dangerously close to the shore of Kerrera and the busy north entrance of Oban bay. The vessel was anchored and awaiting mechanical repairs, so it was unable to manoeuvre herself to a safer location. The Oban lifeboat launched at 11.30 a.m. and was on scene within minutes. A crew member was put onboard the vessel to assist, and a towline was passed soon after. Once secure, the vessel lifted its anchors and the lifeboat slowly began to pull the vessel forwards, clear of the shore and into her preferred position where her anchors were dropped again by 12.30 p.m. in pos. 56° 25.00' N 005° 29.53' W. After the ship resumed sailing, it moored on Bangor anchorage on Jan 16 around 3 a.m. in pos. 54° 40.92' N 005° 40.59' W. She left Kyle of Lochalsh on Jan 21 at 9.45 a.m. and headed to Workington as next port of call with an ETA as of Jan 22, 9 p.m. Report with photos: https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2020/january/11/oban-rnli-lifeboat-assists-1300-tonne-coaster-in-oban-bay https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-51069620

Drunk Captain Jailed in UK

A Latvian ship captain has pleaded guilty and sentenced to serve four months in prison in the UK for navigating his ship with a blood alcohol content of nearly four times the legal limit, the BBC reports. Captain Andrejs Borodins was found staggering and incoherent by a Dundee harbor pilot while navigating the 1,300 tonne cargo ship MV Fritjord up Scotland’s River Tay in July, BBC reports. The pilot sent the captain to his cabin to sleep it off and he was later arrested when the ship docked in Dundee. Borodins was charged under the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 and sentenced to four months in prison, which was reduced from six months for his guilty plea. The Railways and Transport Safety Act of 2003 allows for a BAC of up to .08. The law calls for a maximum penalty of up to two years in prison, a fine, or both in the case of a conviction.

Drunken captain jailed four months

The Latvian Captain Andrejs Borodins, 53, who was in charge when the "Frifjord" was sailing up the River Tay with almost four times the legal alcohol limit in July 2014 has been jailed. The captain's drunken state was discovered when pilot Barry Nisbet came aboard at Balmerino to help steer the vessel past the road and rail bridges on the Tay. He sent Borodins to his bunk to sleep off his intoxication, with the first mate taking the wheel as the ship docked in Dundee. Police attended and arrested Borodins, who failed a breath test. He pleaded guilty on indictment to a charge under the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003. Defence solicitor John Kydd said Borodins had been working at sea for 25 years, having previously done his national service in the Russian military. He was exhausted from doing back to back six hour shifts and that was his reason for drinking. Sheriff Alastair Brown jailed Borodins for four months, reduced from six months for his early guilty plea.