[OT] £0.5bn worth of cars on fire aboard the Felicit y Ace

Feb 20, 2022 Last reply: 4 years ago 11 Replies

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Spike 4 years ago

Cause might be an electric vehicle battery. Ship abandoned, crew safe.

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There were 3,965 Volkswagen AG vehicles on board, including 1,100 Porches, according to Bloomberg. Volkswagen?s parent company manufactures its Volkswagen brand, as well as Porsche, Audi, and Lamborghini models, all of which were on board, an internal company email seen by the outlet said.

?Our immediate thoughts are of relief that the 22 crew of the merchant ship Felicity Ace are safe and well,? a spokesperson for Porsche said.

Anyone concerned by this incident and the implications on the car they?ve ordered should contact their Porsche dealer,? the statement read.

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Chris Hogg 4 years ago

More here

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But as yet the cause of the fire is all speculation. Demonising EV's is popular ATM!

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Andy Burns 4 years ago

Even Volvo are admitting they're not as green as they're made out to be, due to the large amounts of CO2 embodied in building them, they don't realise a net reduction until they've driven between 48,000 and 70,000 miles (depending on the country's energy mix used to charge it)

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If you can power it *purely* from wind and sun, then it pays back after 30,000 miles.

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Dave Plowman (News 4 years ago

Quite. And encouraging people to scrap a car before it's reached the natural end of its life is a nonsense from the CO2 point of view.

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The Natural Philosopher 4 years ago

I can't remember the last time a cargo carrier full of cars spontaneously combusted, can you?

But the issues with lithium ion batteries and fires are well known - caused the crash of a freight aircraft and the death of all on board.

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Andy Burns 4 years ago

You'd expect RO-RO ships to sink, more than catch fire But the last 4 on this list have involved fire

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The Natural Philosopher 4 years ago

This wasnt a ro ro.

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Steve Walker 4 years ago

Why should RO-ROs be more likely to sink? Since the capsizing of the Pride of Free Enterprise in Zeebrugge, they have been replaced by newer designs, where the lowest car deck is above sea level, preventing the flooding of an open area where water can move around and capsize the ship.

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Jacob Jones 4 years ago

Significant risk of the loading ramps failing and letting too much water in for the bilge pumps to handle.

That's overstated.

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Andy Burns 4 years ago

Well, I did start searching for "car carrier" but most of the ships listed from the "Ace" or "Ray" named fleets were on that ro-ro list.

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Brian Gaff (Sofa 4 years ago

There is a series chucking around on various channels called disasters at sea and they follow the enquiry through to conclusion. You may be surprised by some of the apparently trivial mistakes made and their eventual catastrophic outcomes. Brian

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Animal 4 years ago

I remember a small boat sank because the genius owner installed the automatic water outlet flaps the wrong way round. Water splashed in but couldn't get out.

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