TAILIEUCHUNG - Seized by Max Hardberger

In this new sensational memoir, Capt. Max Hardberger recounts his adventures repossessing ships and sneaking them out of lawless, third-world countries, often under threat of death or imprisonment. His journeys lead him from corrupt ports in the Caribbean to the ice-bound docks of Vladivostok. His adventures in rescuing ships pit him against a rogue’s gallery of antagonists, including Haitian rebels, modern-day Caribbean pirates, and Russian mobsters. SEIZED is an action-packed thrill ride through the criminal underworld of shipping | A Sea Captain s Adventures BATTLING SCOUNDRELS AND PIRATES WHILE RECOVERING STOLEN SHIPS IN THE WORLD S most TROUBLED WATERS SEIZED 1 chapter one THROUGH THE REEFS ON THE NARUDA The first time I ever stole a ship out of port was on the sturdy old bulk carrier Naruda lying at anchor in Cap Haitien Bay Haiti at the end of May 1987. We had finished discharging our cargo of rice the previous day and on Friday afternoon I was sitting in the wheelhouse waiting for a clearance to leave when I noticed a gang of soldiers with automatic weapons coming out of the customs building on the waterfront. They climbed down into a rough-hewn dory bobbing against the dock. My first officer a heavyset Dominican named Arturo Robles appeared at the door to the starboard wing of the bridge his shirt unbuttoned and his round brown belly streaked with sweat. Hold is clean Cap he announced. Can we let the Haitians have the rice Sure I said. Looks like we re going to have visitors First. I nodded my chin toward the dory now pulling steadily toward us through the low Atlantic swells that rolled in past the reefs. The boatman sculling on the stern was helped by a gentle breeze that whispered down from the western mountains and carried the smells of rotten fruit and sunbaked dirt from the slums that ring the bay. Arturo crossed to the port side. That boat s full of soldiers he said. Trouble for us Captain Yeah. I knew when the agent couldn t get us a clearance yesterday that something bad was going to happen. We should ve upped anchor and steamed out last night. The boat sped across the cloud-dappled water and pulled up at the pilot ladder on the ship s port side. I went down on deck to meet the soldiers as they climbed up one by one. The first man up was a short stocky officer with a Colt automatic in a scarred black holster. You captain he demanded in a gravelly voice. 4 MAX HARDBERGER Yes I said I m the captain. How may I help you He thrust a grimy badly photocopied paper into my hand. It .

• Du lịch
• Seiz
• the Narada
• New Orleans
• Erika
• Miami
• Buenaventura