On a cargo ship full of cars, a fire started quickly and quickly spread. The crew fled, leaving the ship to drift in the Atlantic Ocean without them.
There were Porsches and Volkswagens on the Felicity Ace when it caught fire in the North Atlantic on Wednesday. The 656-foot-long roll-on/roll-off ship caught fire in the North Atlantic. In a statement from the Portuguese Navy, the ship was 90 nautical miles from the Azores when a fire broke out at the time.
All 22 crew members had to be evacuated when a fire broke out in the cargo hold. The fire quickly spread through the ship, causing everyone to leave. Another statement from the Portuguese Navy says that the Ponta Delgada Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center was in charge of the rescue, which took place. According to the statement, there has been no damage from the fire.
Keep in mind that the ship is still on fire. Her owners have made plans for a tow. A Japanese shipping company called Mitsui O.S.K. Lines is in charge of the Felicity Alice, which is registered in Panama (MOL).
To reach out to Porsche owners because some of their customers were on the ship that caught fire, Porsche dealerships are sending out emails or phone calls.
People at Porsche Cars North America say it’s too soon to say what happened and what the next steps will be, but they are working with their customers and dealers to find out what happened. Because of communication with the shipping company, it has been found that the cars on the ship have been found out.
Dealers have already started contacting Porsche customers like writer and broadcaster Matt Farah, who said he was waiting for a 2022 Porsche Boxster Spyder to be delivered, to let them know how their cars are going to be delivered.
There were at least a dozen more cars on that boat, Farah said. The dealer had confirmed that they were there. There was no way for them to say for sure that my car was on the ship. They said they would let me know when Porsche Cars North America had a plan for what to do next.
A lot of people who drive Volkswagens also use the flaming cargo ship. “Volkswagen Group cars were shipped across the Atlantic Ocean by a third-party cargo ship that got into trouble. People who work for Volkswagen said that the ship was on its way to North America. In the wake of this, we have called the shipping business to get more information. It can also carry thousands of cars, according to the Associated Press. The Felicity Ace can carry more than 17,000 metric tonnes of cargo. According to the Portuguese Navy, the fire was still going on Thursday. An ocean patrol vessel was stationed near the sunken ship to keep an eye on it, and the fire was still going on.
