Alexandera Budishchev, 53, from St Petersburg, had suffereda difficult passage on the 2,600-dwt Baltiyskiy-109 (built 1980) to Sharpness in December last year, the hearing wastold.
The captain and 11 crew docked on 1 January and were waitingfor their cargo to be unloaded on 6 January, but Budishchev was found dead inthe shower area of his cabin on 5 January.
No note was found.
