The Chief Officer, also called Chief Mate, holds one of the biggest responsibilities on board. He is the second in command after the Master. That being said, he deputizes for the Master in the event of his absence or incapacitation. Being a Chief Mate sounds cool. However, it is a very stressful...
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A U.S. District Court judge handed down the longest prison sentence related to the 2019 cocaine smuggling incident aboard the MSC Gayane for the boxship’s chief mate, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer.
As the senior most member of the ship’s crew arrested by federal agents in what they term one of the largest drug seizures in U.S. history, prosecutors said the chief mate ran the operation and recruited the other participants.
7 years imprisonment!The chief mate, Bosko Markovic, age 39 of...
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