“Our immediate thoughts are of the 22 crew of the merchant ship “Felicity Ace”, all of whom we understand are safe and well as a result of their rescue by the Portuguese Navy following reports of a fire on board. We believe a number of our cars are among the cargo on board the s...
A fire which swept through a cargoshipcarrying thousands of luxury cars and adrift off the coast of Portugal's Azores islands has lost its intensity, probably because there is little left to burn, a port official said. The Felicity Ace, carrying around 4,000 vehicles including Porsches, Audis...
Cargo Ship Carrying Porsches, VWs, Bentleys Headed for U.S. Catches Fire in Atlantic The crew of the Felicity Ace has been rescued, but the fate of as many as 4000 cars on board—including around 1100 Porsche vehicles—is currently unknown....
Transport ship carrying cars for international export 4K Time lapse : Aerial view Large RoRo (Roll on/off) for carrier vessel convoy cars or vehicle into and out of the world market. Business logistics, import export shipping or freight transportation. ...
It's a combination containership and roll on/roll off (car carrier). Cars have a long history of catching fire on ships. The fire is in the car carrying portion of the ship, up high above the engine room. Upvote 0 Downvote Jul 7, 2023 #3 3DDave Aerospace May 23, 2013 11,277...
A large cargo vessel carrying luxury cars from Germany to the United States sank Tuesday in the mid-Atlantic, 13 days after afire broke out on board, the ship's manager and the Portuguese navysaid. The cars on board the Felicity Ace included Porsches, Lamborghinis and Bentleys, the Wall ...
A cruise ship carrying cars, cargo and more than 500 people caught fire near San Juan, Puerto Rico, and continued to burn for almost four days. The Panama-flagged Caribbean Fantasy was sailing between Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and San Juan when the fire was reported at 0742 on Aug...
Tug Boats Spray Water on Blazing Ship Carrying Luxury Cars near Azores ©Portuguese Navy Heavy tug boats on Tuesday sprayed water on a burning ship carrying thousands of Porsches and Bentleys adrift off the coast of Portugal's Azores islands, the ship's manager said in a statement....
The ship is capable of carrying more than 47,000 tons. A source briefed on the situation told CBS New York it was loaded with used cars apparently headed overseas to be refurbished and sold. Largest port on East Coast Officially called the Port Newark Container Terminal, it spans abou...
On the other hand, a ship carrying only liquid cargo can be subdivided quite finely, since most of its interior space is tankage. Such ships are at hazard from groundings and explosions, but their sinking from collisions is very rare. In contrast to the Titanic, the Lusitania, a passenger...