Felicity Ace cargo-ship on-fire> w/ burning .de EVs +

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https://www.autoblog.com/2022/02/17/felicity-ace-cargo-ship-fire-porsche-volkswagen-cars/
Electric cars burning aboard ship full of Porsches, VWs, Bentleys ...
Feb 18, 2022 ... The crew was safely evacuated; towing vessels are on their way ... Update: The Felicity Ace, which caught fire near the coast of the Azores, will be towed to another European country or the Bahamas, the captain of the nearest port told Reuters on Friday. Lithium-ion batteries in the electric cars on board have caught fire, and the blaze requires specialized equipment to extinguish ... The source of the fire is still unknown. "The ship is burning from one end to the other ... everything is on fire about five meters above the water line," Cabeças said.
Tow boats were en route from Gibraltar and the Netherlands, with three due to arrive by Wednesday, Cabecas said. He added the vessel could not be towed to the Azores because it was so big it would block trade at the port ...
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https://news.yahoo.com/porsche-says-too-early-speculate-231300019.html
Porsche Says 'Too Early' to Speculate about Cause of Felicity Ace Ship Fire
February 18, 2022 ... The ship that caught fire Wednesday with around 4000 vehicles on board is still ablaze and adrift in the Atlantic Ocean today.  Firefighters are on their way to the ship, which might—repeat, might—be challenging to put out because of some electric vehicles on board. We have no idea yet what caused the fire.  Whatever caused the blaze, the kinds of roll-on-roll-off (RORO) ferries that can transport thousands of cars at once are at high risk for total loss once a fire starts on board ...
https://media.zenfs.com/en/car_and_driver_581/31396396c0bfd2bc167677e155e7eaa4

https://news.yahoo.com/salvage-operations-underway-porsche-carrying-230200637.html
Salvage Operations Are Underway for Porsche-Carrying Cargo Ship That Caught Fire
February 18, 2022 ...
https://media.zenfs.com/en/popular_mechanics_642/c25b3f7210306a07197667ff842734ff

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/experts-will-be-needed-to-put-out-electric-batteries-in-cars-on-fire-on-atlantic-cargo-ship/ar-AAU2ZtU
Toxic fume danger as experts called in to extinguish lithium battery fire on Atlantic cargo ship
2022-02-15 ... Specialists will be needed to put out a raging fire on an abandoned cargo ship in the Atlantic Ocean due to complications from burning lithium-ion batteries inside the thousands of luxury cars aboard the vessel ...
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https://www.pressherald.com/2022/02/19/cargo-ship-carrying-porsches-and-bentleys-is-burning-and-adrift-at-sea/
Cargo ship carrying Porsches and Bentleys is burning and adrift at sea
2022/02/19 ... It remains unclear how many of the 4,000 luxury vehicles onboard have been lost in the blaze, but it's probably millions of dollars worth.  A huge cargo ship carrying thousands of luxury vehicles from Germany to the United States, including 1,100 Porsches, caught fire this week, forcing all 22 crew members to abandon ship and leave the vessel adrift in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean ...

https://www.dailynews.com/2022/02/18/thousands-of-cars-including-audis-porsches-adrift-on-burning-cargo-ship/
Thousands of VWs, Audis, Porsches adrift on burning cargo ship
February 18, 2022 ... An internal email from Volkswagen AG’s U.S. operations revealed there were 3,965 vehicles aboard the ship ... More than 100 of those cars were headed for the Port of Houston in Texas, with VW GTI, Golf R, and ID.4 models deemed to be at risk, according to the email. The auto industry is already struggling with supply issues, including pandemic-related staffing woes and the global chip shortage ...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/firefighters-struggle-douse-fire-luxury-110457510.html
Firefighters struggle to douse fire on luxury cars vessel off Azores islands
February 20, 2022 ... LISBON (Reuters) - Firefighters are struggling to put out a fire that broke out on Wednesday on a vessel carrying thousands of luxury cars, which is adrift off the coast of Portugal's Azores islands, a port official said, adding it was unclear when they would succeed ...
https://media.zenfs.com/en/reuters.com/7599f982e131db170dc175686d086c17

https://www.yahoo.com/news/firefighting-boats-headed-felicity-ace-223615438.html
Firefighting boats are headed to the Felicity Ace, the burning ship in the Atlantic Ocean carrying 4,000 luxury vehicles
February 19, 2022 ... Firefighting boats were en route to the Felicity Ace, a burning ship carrying luxury vehicles, the WSJ reported Saturday.  The cargo ship caught fire near Portugal Wednesday while carrying 4,000 cars from Germany to the US.  In response to questions over whether it could sink, the parent company of its operator told WSJ the ship remains stable ...
https://media.zenfs.com/en/business_insider_articles_888/6c90992cc4fe22de931745acfbbc6e60

https://www.wsj.com/articles/firefighting-boats-head-to-burning-ship-carrying-volkswagen-porsche-and-bentley-cars-11645299464
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Evergo Jamaica public EVSE @ Texaco Ironshore

https://jamaica.loopnews.com/content/evergo-electric-vehicle-charging-station-launched-texaco-ironshore
Evergo electric vehicle charging station launched at Texaco, Ironshore
February 16, 2022 ... Evergo Jamaica has officially welcomed GB-Energy Texaco to the electric vehicle (EV) movement ... in Montego Bay ... This is the first of several charging stations to be installed and unveiled across the island ...
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