The captain of the Russian dry cargo “Ruslan” Vitaly Vasilyev said that the Alcotester of Polish border guards who detained the ship was faulty. For this reason, all charges in drunkenness represented by the Polish side are unfair. The words of Vasilyeva leads Ren TV.
“On the ship also there is a breathalyzer. I brought it, under these border guards in the tube, he showed zero. But it was not listed anywhere, in any documents,” said Captain. He added that all sailors were sober.
According to the Polish authorities, on the night of December 4, the ship under the Russian flag should have been from Klaipeda to the northern port of Gdansk, the Farvater left and stopped responding to calls. The dry cargo crew also ignored the Captain Port Calls.
According to the information of the border guards, the cargo ship violated the route, moving close to the shore. Later they stated that the crew was drunk. Later, the general director of the shipping company “Transflot”, which is owned by the cargo ship, confirmed that the sailors were drunk. At the same time, he denied the data that the ship deviated from the course.