SEATTLE — The Coast Guard arrested the captain of the container ship MSC Jubilee IX on suspicion of operating the vessel while intoxicated following a boarding at Terminal 5 in Seattle on Aug. 20.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound were alerted by a Puget Sound Pilot who reported that the captain appeared intoxicated during a transit from an anchorage near Everett to the Port of Seattle. The pilot and first mate assumed control and navigated the ship to its berth without incident, officials said.

After the vessel moored at Terminal 5, a Coast Guard boarding team and the Coast Guard Investigative Service conducted a port state control examination. The captain failed a field sobriety test and a breathalyzer showed a blood-alcohol level more than six times the legal limit for c

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