A cargo ship carrying thousands of vehicles across the Atlantic has sunk, according to the company that operates the ship (through Inside information). A fire broke out on the ship Felicity Ace on February 16 while traveling from Germany to the United States.
Nearly 4,000 Volkswagen Group vehicles have been transported to the United States, the company confirmed. Inside information. Felicity Ace has carried both electric and non-electric vehicles, according to Associated Pressand reports from February show that Porsche, Bentley, Lamborghini and other luxury cars are among those on board. Although it is not clear what exactly caused the fire, Captain Joao Mendes Cabecas of the port of Ortas said lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles aboard the ship caught fire. Reuters reported in February.
Felicity Ace operator MOL Ship Management Singapore says the ship sank at 9am local time about 220 nautical miles (about 253 miles) off the coast of the Azores, an archipelago in the middle of the Atlantic, which is an autonomous region of Portugal. All 22 crew members were evacuated from the ship and did not need medical attention, the Portuguese navy said when the fire first broke out.
On Friday, a rescue team was able to board the ship and “the smoke leaving the ship has now stopped and is not visible,” said MOL Ship Management Singapore. The ship was towed when it sank, according to The Wall Street Journal.