Burning cargo ship carrying carrying EVs abandoned in Pacific
Burning cargo ship carrying carrying EVs abandoned in Pacific
A ship carrying about 3,000 cars to Mexico has been abandoned in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after catching fire on Tuesday.
Smoke was first seen coming from a deck carrying some of the 800 electric vehicles on board, the ship’s manager Zodiac Maritime said in a statement.
The crew initiated firefighting procedures but the blaze could not be brought under control, it added. The US Coast Guard evacuated all 22 crew members from the Morning Midas, transferring them to a nearby merchant ship.
Responders were being deployed to support salvage and firefighting operations, Zodiac said.
Car-carrying ships can haul thousands of vehicles at a time around the globe. In recent years there have been a handful of significant blazes involving vessels hauling electric vehicles, sparking concerns that the batteries inside those cars can catch light and lead to significant disasters.
In 2022, a ship carrying about 4,000 vehicles caught fire in the Atlantic and ended up sinking despite efforts to tow it to safety.
The 22 crew members were safely evacuated the ship after they failed to put out the fire, Zodiac said as it focuses on salvaging the vessel.
They were evacuated via lifeboat and were being transferred to a nearby merchant vessel in tandem with the U.S. Coast Guard.
The vessel, Morning Midas, was located 300 miles (482.8 km) southwest of Adak in Alaska, the Coast Guard said on its X account.
Smoke was initially seen rising from a deck loaded with EVs, the company said. It is not clear what brand of vehicles the ship was carrying.
The Liberia-flagged ship left China’s Yantai port on May 26 and was on the way to Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico, according to LSEG data.
The Coast Guard said that aircrew and a cutter ship have been sent to assist with the situation and three vessels were already on the scene.
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