The ship Felicity Ace, which was carrying approximately 4 thousand luxury carsamong which were Porsches and Bentleys It sank on the morning of this Tuesday, March 1, in the Atlantic off the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
Just almost two weeks ago the ship, which sailed from Germany to the United States, had caught fire, due to the flames that began in the hold of the ship and quickly spread to the entire ship.
This morning, after being stranded for almost two weeks in the Atlantic Ocean, the ship Felicity Ace sank into the depths of the sea and, with it, the company’s around 4,000 luxury cars volkswagen.
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At the time of the sinking, the boat was completely empty, thanks to the fact that since last February 16 of this year, after the fire broke out, the crew members were evacuated.
The captain of the port closest to the island of Faial, Joao Mendes Cabecas, mentioned, in an interview with the agency Reuters, that, until that moment, no oil leak had been reported. However, he said there was concern that the fuel tanks could be damaged while the ship was on the bottom of the Atlantic at a depth of about 3 thousand 500 meters.
After the fire broke out on the ship, the Volkswagen company announced that the damage to the vehicles was fully covered by insurance that could cost around $155 million.
Meanwhile, Porsche confirmed that 1,100 of its models were on the boat; while Bentley confirmed that 189 of its automotive units were on board the Felicity Ace.
In 2020, the ship MV Golden Ray had an accident near the coast of Georgia, United States, when transporting about 4,200 cars of South Korean brands Kia and Hyundai.
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Despite the efforts made by the US authorities to rescue the ship, these tasks were canceled due to the storms that occurred in the area, coupled with the Covid-19 pandemic.
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