Felicity Ace ship on fire in the Atlantic carrying Porsches

[DANgerous]

So sorry for all those waiting on their cars. My 9 month wait was agonising enough and I got a car at the end of it!

At least all crew were rescued safely. Let's hope some useful salvage or at least recycling can be done, and minimal environmental impact.

Whilst the insurers will be giving themselves a slap on one hand, they'll still be laughing all the way to the bank as our collective premiums keep them [handsomely] in business. This kind of thing is built into the cost of doing business and is expected.

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[SolitaryMan]

Just got home from sailing and trying catch up, but if anyone would like to buy a slightly smoke-damaged Taycan I have a decent selection available.

 

[atebit]

fire drills among the crew "lack of knowledge".

You mean to say that one of the vocalists doesn’t line the crew up in the Photo Gallery and make sure that they quietly listen to the safety presentation followed by the Captain joking about the order of succession in case of an “abandon ship” situation prior to setting sail?

 

[Artman]

CAR-B-QUE!

 

[TaycanHero]

You mean to say that one of the vocalists doesn’t line the crew up in the Photo Gallery and make sure that they quietly listen to the safety presentation followed by the Captain joking about the order of succession in case of an “abandon ship” situation prior to setting sail?

Something like that ?

 

[Bognar67]

Depending on the fire and how fast they can get the ship to port to salvage it, there might be a lot of cars still good to deliver?

Very low chance to deliver any car from this ship. But will see it in 1-2 weeks.

 

[Fish Fingers]

Latest on salvage situation;



Salvage operation to get underway on MOL’s fire-hit car carrier
February 18, 2022

A salvage operation is set to start on the drifting car carrier Felicity Ace that caught fire on February 16, some 90 nautical miles southwest of the Azores in the Atlantic, while on its way from Emden, Germany to Rhode Island, US.

MOL Shipmanagement Singapore, managers of the Panama-flagged ship have appointed a salvage company, and an initial salvage team has arrived in the Azores and should be on site today. “Further salvage assets are being readied to attend the vessel,” MOL said in a statement.
“A team of sixteen experts from subsidiary SMIT Salvage was mobilised yesterday and is present on the Azores,” Boskalis said on Friday, adding that a large equipment is en route from Spain and the Netherlands to assist with the fire fighting.

The Portuguese Navy, through the Ponta Delgada Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC), has a warship standing by and monitoring the drift of the 6,400 ceu ship. According to its latest report, there are no traces of pollution in the area so far.
The 16-year-old Felicity Ace is reportedly carrying close to 4,000 cars, including Porsches and Bentleys, as well as many Volkswagen and Audi cars. The cause of the fire and the extent of the damage are not currently known. All 22 crew members were safely evacuated from the vessel and taken ashore with assistance from nearby merchant ships and a navy helicopter.

Source:
https://splash247.com/salvage-operation-to-get-underway-on-mols-fire-hit-car-carrier/

 

[snb7x]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60429584

 

[Tornadosailor]

latest from a leading marine industry newspaper:

https://www.tradewindsnews.com/casu...2-02-18&utm_term=tradewinds&utm_content=daily

P&I = Protection and Indemnity insurance

 

[SHM]

Is it too soon to make some jokes about VW/Porsche emissions testing on humans in 2018?

 

[f10tt]

latest from a leading marine industry newspaper:

https://www.tradewindsnews.com/casu...2-02-18&utm_term=tradewinds&utm_content=daily

P&I = Protection and Indemnity insurance

That $100m in cargo number has to be low. I would have thought just the 1k Porsches on board would be close to $100m.

 

[Bognar67]

That $100m in cargo number has to be low. I would have thought just the 1k Porsches on board would be close to $100m.

Right. Other sources talk about USD300-350m.

 

[scav]

Sorry for anyone who had their cars onboard this ship. As if you had it waited long enough. Luckily the crew appears to have been safely evacuated.

I guess the only positive here is that at least you are financially able and will eventually get one.

 

[TaycanCook]

Right. Other sources talk about USD300-350m.

Could be whole sale value.

 

[KConway]

Not really sure what you mean here. I can't imagine there will be much debate about what should happen to the cars left on the ship unless it's very clear that some portion of the cars were completely undamaged, and unless it's clear that a Taycan was the root cause of the problem, I find it hard to believe that much happens here.

What I was trying to say rather poorly was I can’t imagine they put another ship out of Emden before they find the root cause. If there was for instance a bad lot of batteries I could see this happening again.
I get it could be anything but I have to wonder if this won’t impact delivery of cars nearing completion.

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