LARS MAERSK

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Container ship fired upon by pirates

Six pirates in a speed-boat approached, fired upon and attempted to board the 'Lars Maersk', en route from Puerto Bolivar to Balboa, about 1,6 nautical miles northwest of Punta Jambeli in position 003 11 09.6S, 80 03 09.0W, on Oct 18, 2021, at 11.10 a.m The Master increased the speed and commenced evasive manoeuvres, resulting in the speed-boat aborting the attempted boarding and moving away. The crew and the vessel were safe, and the ship arrived in Balboa on Oct 20.

Container ship saved single hand sailor

A solo yachtsman sailing from Brisbane to New Zealand has been plucked from his yacht in rough seas in a dramatic seven-hour rescue involving four planes and the "Lars Maersk". The single hand sailor made a distress call in the morning of Sep 4, 2014, after his 10-metre yacht was damaged in heavy seas. The AMSA’s Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC Australia) detected the man’s 406MHz distress beacon about 10.10 a.m. The man also activated the distress function on his spot tracker. The man's rescue was co-ordinated by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority's (AMSA) Rescue Co-ordination Centre. The RCC Australia tasked AMSA’s Essendon based dedicated search and rescue Dornier aircraft, a Customs and Border Protection Dash 8 aircraft, a civil aircraft and a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) C-130 J Hercules to assist. RCC Australia also issued a broadcast to shipping and tasked the "Lars Maersk" to respond. The Customs and Border Protection aircraft arrived on scene at about 1 p.m. AEST and sighted the solo sailor on his yacht. The civil aircraft arrived in the area shortly after the Customs and Border Protection aircraft. Both aircraft stayed in the area for several hours. The Dornier aircraft arrived in the area around 2.30 p.m. AEST. The Dornier aircraft dropped water and communications equipment to the yachtsman. The RAAF C-130 J Hercules aircraft arrived on scene about 4.15 p.m. and stayed on scene until the man was rescued. The container ship arrived in the area about 4.30 p.m. The crew of the RAAF C-130 J Hercules used night vision goggles to assist the container ship in locating and recovering the yachtsman in difficult conditions. The yachtsman, who was wearing an immersion suit, was recovered from the water at 8 p.m. about 70 nautical miles north of Lord Howe Island. The yachtsman was uninjured. It esd expected the man eould be transferred ashore by a pilot vessel in coming days when the container ship was transiting the Great Barrier Reef area. He had set sail from Brisbane on Aug 29, his craft was registered to Port Douglas in Northern Queensland. Report with photo: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/four-planes-ship-rescue-yachtsman-sailing-from-brisbane-20140905-10cuvz.html#ixzz3CQoxWZ3C