A cargo ship named Felicity Ace has caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Thousands of luxury cars from Volkswagen Group are present in this ship. These include from Porsche to Lamborghini.

New Delhi : A cargo ship named Felicity S, which was sailed by Panama, caught fire on 16 February near the Azores Island of the Atlantic Ocean. It has been told that 3,965 Volkswagen luxury cars were present when this ship was left to swim in the ocean without any captain. These include cars from luxury brands like Lamborghini, Porsche and Audi. All 22 crew members aboard this ship have been rescued by the Portuguese Navy and Air Force and taken to a safe hotel. This information has been revealed by the Navy in one of their statements, while the ship has been left to swim alone in the sea without any crew member.

About 1,100 Porsche cars on board

The mail sent by Volkswagen US Operations, seen by media website Bloomberg, states that the consignment had left for the Houston port of Texas with more than 100 GTR, Golf R and ID.4 models. According to a Porsche spokesperson, about 1,100 cars of the brand were on the ship when the Felicity S caught fire. However, Lamborghini has not yet disclosed the number of cars on the ship. These companies have told that we are constantly in touch with the shipping company for damages and current information.

Ship to be towed

Felicity S was on her way to Davisville Port when the fire broke out on the cargo deck, a distress signal was issued as soon as the fire broke out. The Navy said that at present the owners of this ship are reaching the vessel so that it can be towed. He said that a plan has been made to be present on the spot to keep an eye on this whole matter and till now no information about pollution has come to the fore. This is not the first time that Volkswagen’s cars have taken the ocean, before that in 2019, the Grande America caught fire and 2,000 luxury cars like Audi and Porsche were submerged along with this ship.