TAIWAN's 4,252-TEU Wai Hai 503 stopped and dispatched a lifeboat to pull a Indonesia ferry crewman from the Strait of Malacca after receiving urgent radio message from Klang vessel traffic service.

The captain of Wan Hai 503,immediately ordered the ship to halt and having spotted him, dispatched a life boat.

Having been in the water more than three hours, the man recovered after receiving medical care and food supply from the Wan Hai 503 crew. Then Malaysia rescue boat arrived and took him ashore.