A Cargo Ship Full of Luxury Cars is Burning in Somewhere in Atlantic
A Cargo Full of luxury cars caught fire and has been seen on 17th February in North Atlantic.
A deserted cargo ship is filled with many luxurious cars is adrift in the Atlantic Ocean when it caught fire on board which forced the crew to escape.
Highlights
- The Cargo was set to go from Emden, Germany to Davisville, Rhode Island.
- After spreading the fire in Cargo it forced all 22 crew members to escape.
- The Felicity Alice is operated by the Japanese shipping line Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL).MOL.
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A cargo ship, 650 foot-long Felicity Ace roll-on/roll-off car-loaded ship caught fire on Wednesday in North Atlantic Ocean. Cargo has many branded and luxury cars such as Porsches and Volkswagens and it was scheduled to go from Emden, Germany to Davisville, Rhode Island. The Cargo ship, at the time of spreading fire, was sailing at 90 nautical miles southwest of Portugal’s Azores. The above information was revealed by the Portuguese Navy.
After the fire became uncontrollable and started to spread in many other places, it spread and forced all the 22 crew members to escape the cargo ship. As per another statement by the Portuguese Navy, all the crew member has been rescued and taken to a local hotel. The rescue of the Cargo Member was coordinated by the Ponta Delgada Maritime Search and Rescue Coordinator Centre. The rescue authority also revealed that there was no source of pollution for detection of the incident.
The car company Porsche North America made a statement for the incident as “While it remains too early to confirm what occurred and next steps, we are - - along with our colleges at Porsche AG – supporting our customer’s and dealers as best we can to find solutions,” also added “we are in contact with the shipping company and the details of the cars onboard are now known,’ said Angus Fitton.
