By Jennifer Korn An abandoned cargo ship packed with cars is adrift in the Atlantic Ocean, after a rapidly-spreading fire on board forced the crew to escape. The 656 foot-long Felicity Ace roll-on/roll-off car-carrying ship caught fire in the North Atlantic on Wednesday as it carried cargo, includin…
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A cargo ship full of luxury cars is on fire and adrift in the middle of the Atlantic
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Photos show Felicity Ace, the burning cargo ship loaded with luxury cars, smoldering at sea
A burning transport ship carrying Porsches drifted in the mid-Atlantic on Thursday after the huge vessel’s 22 crew members were evacuated due to the blaze, the Portuguese navy said. Shipping in the area was warned that the 650-feet-long Felicity Ace was adrift near Portugal’s Azores Islands after th…
By Jennifer Korn An abandoned cargo ship packed with cars is adrift in the Atlantic Ocean, after a rapidly-spreading fire on board forced the crew to escape. The 656 foot-long Felicity Ace roll-on/roll-off car-carrying ship caught fire in the North Atlantic on Wednesday as it carried cargo, includin…
A cargo ship carrying Volkswagen Group vehicles, including Porsches, caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, necessitating the rescue of its crew.
A burning transport ship carrying Porsches drifted in the mid-Atlantic on Thursday after the huge vessel’s 22 crew members were evacuated due to the blaze, the Portuguese navy said. Shipping in the area was warned that the 650-feet-long Felicity Ace was adrift near Portugal’s Azores Islands after th…
The Portuguese navy rescued the 22-member crew from the Felicity Ace, which was scheduled to arrive in the port of Davisville, R.I., next week. None of the crew was injured.
The Volkswagen Group estimated that nearly 4,000 cars were onboard the Felicity Ace, which was transporting luxury vehicles from Germany to the United States.
Freighter Felicity Ace was carrying almost 4,000 cars bound for the US. The ship's crew was rescued, but the vessel was left unmanned and drifting at sea.
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