The freighter carrying nearly 4,000 luxury cars such as Porsche, Lamborghini and Bentley caught fire, and the ship sank to the bottom of the sea, with a total value of more than 400 million US dollars.
On March 2, 2022, a freighter Felicity Ace carrying nearly 4,000 luxury vehicles sank in the waters off the Atlantic Ocean. According to statistics, there are many brands such as Porsche, Lamborghini, Bentley and so on in the sunk luxury cars. The total value of these luxury cars is more than 500 million euros. It is reported that the ship loaded 3965 cars from Emden, Germany, on February 10, to Rhode Island in the United States on the other side of the Atlantic.
Here we would like to introduce the Felicity Ace, which was built in 2005 with a load of 18,700 tons and carries the Panamanian flag. The Felicity Ace is operated by the Japanese shipping company Merchant Ship Mitsui. It is a cargo ship dedicated to transporting cars, and the interior is like a large parking lot full of all kinds of luxury cars. Supposedly, this route has been taken hundreds of times. But no one expected that this accident would also attract the attention of people all over the world.
On 16 February, as the freighter was approaching the Azores in the North Atlantic, the crew suddenly noticed that the cabin had caught fire. Before the crew could extinguish the fire, they noticed that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and black smoke began to rise from the cabin. Seeing that the situation was getting worse, the captain's face was darker than black smoke. But for the sake of everyone's lives, he still sent a distress signal, hoping to get support.
The closest to the scene of the incident was the Portuguese army, seeing that someone sent a signal, in the spirit of saving people first, they quickly rushed to the scene of the accident, and used helicopters to rescue all 22 people including the captain, without any casualties. But the Felicity Ace freighter is still burning, and under the influence of the weather, the fire is still getting bigger and bigger.
To avoid an oil spill from the burning Felicity Ace hull, causing an even greater catastrophe. So the Portuguese military sent patrol ships to follow the Felicity Ace all the time, and they sent a message hoping that the rescue team would arrive as soon as possible. Two days later, on February 18, the Dutch Salvage Company was commissioned to take the lead in bringing two tugboats equipped with fire extinguishing equipment to the scene. But the Felicity Ace was 199 meters long, and the two tugboats were obviously choking enough to extinguish the fire. So on 24 February, a third tugboat arrived with more advanced firefighting equipment. Three ships took turns extinguishing the fire, and a week later, the fire on the Felicity Ace was successfully extinguished. By this time, the Felicity Ace had been burned out of shape.
As for the cause of the fire, the captain of the Felicity Ace said that it was most likely the lithium battery in one car that burned, which then caused the fire. But the specific cause of the fire will not be further determined until the tugboat tows the Felicity Ace to shore. After this incident, the most heartache is the owner of the ship merchant ship Mitsui Co., Ltd., the ship is gone, the loss of money plus apologies, the order is cold, to lose money. The second painful thing is that must be Volkswagen. Because the luxury cars above are almost all owned by Volkswagen. Ultimately, Volkswagen Group said that the damage caused by the accident will be insured, and the total amount of claims may reach US$155 million, equivalent to about 980 million yuan. But no one expected that a week later, the Felicity Ace would sink on the way to the shore. Now to know the real reason for the Fire of the Polycy Ace, you have to fish it out first at a high price.
Well, it currently sinks 3500 meters under the sea in the Atlantic Ocean. #载上千辆保时捷和宾利货轮起火沉没 #
