A cargo ship named Felicity Ace carrying 3,965 Volkswagen AG autos aboard, together with Lamborghini, Porsche and Audi automobiles, caught hearth close to the Azores Islands within the Atlantic Ocean.
View PhotosFelicity Ace, carrying the VW Group automobiles, caught hearth close to the Azores Islands within the Atlantic Ocean
The Panama-flagged cargo ship named Felicity Ace, carrying practically 4000 Volkswagen group automobiles, caught hearth close to the Azores Islands within the Atlantic Ocean, earlier this week on February 16. The ship reportedly had 3,965 Volkswagen AG autos aboard, which included automobiles from the corporate’s luxurious model Lamborghini, Porsche and Audi as nicely, when it went ablaze. The ship’s 22 crew members had been efficiently evacuated and brought to an area lodge by the Portuguese Navy and Air Force, who had been deployed to assist with the rescue effort, in accordance with a press release from the Navy. The ship itself was left unmanned and adrift.
According to an inside electronic mail from Volkswagen’s US operations seen by Bloomberg, the consignment included greater than 100 items that had been headed for Port of Houston in Texas. This included a number of GTI, Golf R, and ID.4 fashions, that are deemed to be in danger. Volkswagen Group has acquired this hit at a time when the corporate, together with many of the automotive trade is already dealing with manufacturing constraints resulting from ongoing provide chain points, together with pandemic labor woes and semiconductor chip shortages.
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Porsche estimates round 1,100 of its autos had been amongst these onboard Felicity Ace on the time of the fireplace
Luke Vandezande, a spokesperson for Porsche, mentioned the corporate estimates round 1,100 of its autos had been amongst these onboard Felicity Ace on the time of the fireplace. He mentioned clients affected by the incident are being contacted by their car sellers. “Our immediate thoughts are of relief that the 22 crew of the merchant ship Felicity Ace are safe and well,” Vandezande mentioned. While Lamborghini didn’t reveal the variety of automobiles it had on the ship, the carmaker mentioned it was involved with the delivery firm to get extra details about the incident.
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Lamborghini has not revealed the variety of automobiles it had on the ship
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Felicity Ace was en path to a port in Davisville, RI when a misery sign was issued resulting from hearth on one among its cargo decks. Right now, the ship’s proprietor was arranging for the vessel to be towed, the Navy mentioned. They plan to stay on-site to watch the state of affairs, reporting no detectable traces of air pollution to this point. This is the second time that Volkswagen has misplaced automobiles at sea. Earlier in 2019, when the Grande America caught hearth, over 2,000 luxurious automobiles, together with Audi and Porsche, sank with it.
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