An impaired Maersk containership was hauled to security on Saturday after shedding power and also endangering to run marooned in Alaska.

The United States Coast Guard and also theAlaska Dept of Environmental Conservation (DEC) validated that the 872-foot Laura M aersk shed power on Friday at around 1700 regional time while underway north of Akutan Island in Alaska’s Aleutian island chain.

The vessel was bring an unofficial variety of containers and also an approximated 51,500 gallons of fURL oil.

A circumstance record from the DEC released on Saturday claimed that the vessel came within simply 5.5 maritime miles of landfall oft Akutan prior to it was saved by the pull Millenium Falcon and also 2 various other pulls sent out to obtain the handicapped vessel.

The Laura Maersk gotten here in Unalaska on Saturday early morning where it was tied in Broad Bay at regarding 0745 regional time.

An I nitial record suggesting that a fire in the engine space triggered the ship to shed power was rejected by the DEC, which included that the source of loss of power is not understood.

There was no reported contamination ir injuries amongst the Laura Maersk’s 24 team participants.

“The vessel was adrift approximately 7 miles north of Akutan (near North Head). The Coast Guard federalized the response and deployed air asset H60 and their cutter Midgett to the distressed vessel. The Coast Guard contracted Resolve’s M/V Makushin Bay and the tugs Millenium Falcon and Gretchen Dunlap (with the State’s Emergency Towing System onboard) . The Millennium Falcon was able to arrest the Laura Maersk’s drift approximately 5.5 nautical miles from landfall in Akutan. The State’s Emergency Towing System was successfully deployed and the Gretchen Dunlap towed the Laura Maersk to Unalaska arriving at the mooring buoy in Broad Bay at approximately 0745 July 15,” the DEC claimed in its record.

As of Monday the Laura Maersk was still tied in Broad Bay and also was waiting for repair services and also an assessment from its category culture.