BPA: Close ‘drink-pilot’ yachtie loophole

UK ports want loophole on alcohol closed. Credit: Rllordelo, CC0

The British Ports Association chief executive has closed UK Maritime Safety Week with a call to shut a regulatory loophole that permits non-professional mariners to pilot leisure craft under the influence of alcohol.

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