A declamatory container ship carry luxury railway car is inflamed in the Atlantic Ocean , and has been burn for several 24-hour interval since it caught fire last Wednesday . Once crewed by 22 mass , the Felicity Ace has since been abandoned while salvage officials combat the blazing that is reportedly refine by thelithium batteriesin some of the car .
The Felicity Ace is a container ship of the company Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd and its latest ocean trip was carry around 4,000 car for Volkswagen AG , the umbrella company encompassing Volkswagen , Audi , Bently , Porsche , and more . Many of these enchant were luxury electrical auto , and Porsche have since confirm that 1,100 of the cars on board were theirs . In total , the value of the cars onboard equated to an astonishing $ 401 million , with the time value of all the ship ’ message reaching $ 438 million , according to arecent insurance approximation .
Salvage crews will keep on to attempt to extinguish the fires , though if the lithium fires are the source of the inferno , this will be a difficult task . Li fires bite for much longer and ask significantly more urine than distinctive combustion ardour . Nikola Tesla that have catch fervidness in late years required up to20,000 gallons of waterto eventually extinguish .
It is indecipherable how the ardor started , though the laboured white smoke billowing from the vessel has lessen in recent day , paint a picture an end could be in visual modality .
The destruction of so many cars come at a decisive point in the ongoing provision Ernst Boris Chain way out that resulted from the pandemic .
“ These figures showed once again the uncertainty of planetary supply mountain chain . The incident comes at a uncollectible time for global carmaker who are in the middle of a supply chain crisis sourcing semiconductors , resulting in fresh delays for young cable car . An upshot like this will not do a great deal in instilling trust with consumers , ” say Suki Basi , Managing Director of the Russel Group , in astatement .
As of February 22nd , the Felicity Ace is assumed to still be on fire as it drifts south of the Azores , an archipelago west of Portugal . Two tug are on scene spraying pee at the vessel , with another expected to arrive today , anavy helicopterexpected to go over the aspect on the 24th , and a further tugboat expected on the 26th . It is currently not leak crude into the Atlantic Ocean and stay unchanging , with official hoping for a spry resolution to the on-going fervency .
