A captain of an oil and chemical tanker has been fined and removed as master for being over the alcohol limit during a port call in New Zealand.

The New Plymouth District Court has fined Saurabh Kumar Singh $1,000 ($686) for exceeding the alcohol limit for a seafarer.

Singh was master of the 13,100-dwt SG Pegasus (built 2011) due to depart New Plymouth on 11 December when the incident took place.