Piotr Gruszecki, the captain of a container ship weighing more than 8,000 tons, has reportedly been fined on being discovered to be drunk while on duty.
A court had heard that the 65-year-old man was the container vessel BG Rotterdam’s captain when he brought the ship into British docks.
A pilot named Edward Woodhouse was on board to help dock and smelled alcohol on Gruszecki.
He directly asked Gruszecki if he had been drinking, and the reply was no, but Mr Woodhouse still called the police.