Cruise ship captain was drunk
01/08/2006 16:54  - (SA)  

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Seattle - The former captain of a cruise ship pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of operating a vessel under the influence of alcohol.

He was sentenced to one year of probation and fined $15 000.

Periklis Petridis, 47, a Greek citizen, was arrested on May 19 when Coast Guard officials making a routine check of 260m Celebrity Cruises ship Mercury discovered he had been drinking.

He failed four breath tests, with a blood-alcohol level as high as 0.18, federal prosecutors said.

The legal federal maritime limit is 0.04.

In addition to the fine, Petridis was ordered not to enter US waters as an employee of a commercial vessel without the approval of the department of homeland security for one year.

Celebrity Cruises fired him following his arrest.

- AP

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