Panamanian freighters caught fire at sea, thousands of sports cars "soaked", how much did this have to lose?

The author of The Eastern Evil

Human civilization has developed to this day, and passengers and goods are transported in a variety of ways, such as the fastest aircraft and the fastest high-speed rail on the ground. Although the speed of cargo ships is much slower than that of airplanes and high-speed railways, its cargo capacity and cost-effectiveness are higher than those of aircraft and high-speed rails, so many countries across the sea are now using sea freight for import and export trade. According to a recent report by the US media CNN, a Panamanian freighter caught fire in Portuguese territorial waters on February 17.

It is worth mentioning that this freighter is loaded with famous sports cars, and after the incident, the media also photographed the suspected Porsche sports car floating on the sea. It is understood that the departure point of this cargo ship is the German port, loaded 4,000 sports cars to the United States Rhode Island, but unexpectedly caught fire at sea. Many netizens are curious, the sports car of this freighter is "in vain", how much money does it have to lose? Why was the cargo ship fire not detected in time? Even after discovery, why can't people take the ship that caught fire?

How much economic damage will be directly caused by a cargo ship fire?

According to CNN, the cargo ship, named "Felicity Ace," was from the Niigata Shipyard in Tokyo, and its first launch was on July 2, 2005. According to the design of The Felicity Ace, it can carry about 5200 cars in total, so there is no overload problem with this shipment. Felicity Ace traveled back and forth between oceans for many years after service, departing from the German port of Emudan on February 10 this year, planning to cross the Atlantic Ocean to the U.S. state of Rhode Island.

After the Felicity Ace fire, CNN reporters also asked Volkswagen of Germany for relevant information, because almost all the sports cars on the cargo ship came from Volkswagen. According to Volkswagen staff, the Felicity Ace was loaded with 3,965 Volkswagen cars, including 1,100 Porsches, 189 Bentleys and a small number of Lamborghinis. Seeing the list of these fires, many netizens are distressed by their situation, after all, they are all world-famous sports cars.

So how much economic damage will this fire cause? First of all, Porsche, the number of 1100 cars, although do not know what type of car is on the freighter, but from the current market price, the average price of Porsche is not less than 500,000 yuan, the high price of the model is more than 3 million yuan, so here at a price of 1 million yuan estimated, 1100 Porsches directly led to a loss of 1.1 billion yuan. Then there were 189 Bentleys, with Volkswagen estimating losses of more than $30 million.

Finally, there are a small number of Lamborghinis, fortunately the number of this transport is smaller, otherwise volkswagen's losses would be higher. As one of the best sports cars on the earth, the lowest price on the market has long exceeded 2 million yuan. A random Lamborghini on Felicity Ace is enough for the ordinary migrant workers to save for decades or even a lifetime, no wonder many "hit workers" on the Internet are distressed about these "soaked" sports cars, if only they could catch one.

Why is it usually difficult to extinguish a cargo ship fire?

Just as netizens around the world are lamenting the sports car on the freighter, Volkswagen of Germany issued a statement saying that the 22 employees on the freighter were thankful for the survival. Although the sports car in the fire could not be rescued in time, the lives of the employees were guaranteed. In fact, before the Felicity Ace accident, there were also cases of cargo ship fires in other countries, and most of the fires could not be extinguished.

There are three main reasons for this, the first being the complex internal structure of the cargo ship. Cargo ships are highly functional and highly diversified means of transport, both can carry goods, but also carry people, which puts forward high requirements for the power and stability of cargo ships, so the design of cargo ships is often very complex, which leads to once a fire in a place is difficult to find, the flame is easy to spread from one place to other places, until it is discovered, the situation has been irreparable.

The second is that there are more combustibles on the freighter, and there are many hydraulic equipment in the cabin, which require fuel, hydraulic oil to provide power or other effects. Once a fire breaks out on a cargo ship, these flammables can easily ignite, then produce high temperatures and thick smoke, which can cause people on board to lose their direction or even suffocate, further reducing the possibility of extinguishing fires. In addition, it is difficult to choose the appropriate way to extinguish the fire, water is not, and the jet is not.

If the fire is extinguished only by watering, it is possible to sink the freighter. If only through gaseous fire extinguishers such as carbon dioxide, the fire extinguishing effect is very limited. Therefore, how to effectively extinguish the fire on the freighter, all countries are still looking for the answer to solve the problem.

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Although this incident is very far away from us, it can also serve as a warning. In the daily production work, grasp every link, implement production responsibility, and avoid the occurrence of production accidents. The cost of prevention is always less than the cost of solving the problem, and it is not necessary to cause a big accident because the small details are not done well.