A Porsche-A Felicity Ace teherszállító hajó elsüllyedt az Atlanti-óceánon
Thousands of cars—including Porsches, Volkswagens, and Lamborghinis—went down with the ship on Tuesday morning.
Felicity Ace, Az Atlanti-óceánon múlt hónapban kigyulladt autószállító több ezer autóval a fedélzetén kedd reggel elsüllyedt.
A 22 fős legénységet a tűz kitörésének napján biztonságosan evakuálták a hajóról.
Salvage operations were underway to extinguish the Lángok, but lítium{0}}ion akkumulátorok in the electric vehicles on board complicated efforts to put the fire out.
Thousands of cars—including Porschék, Volkswagenek, and Lamborghini—have gone down with the giant cargo ship Felicity Ace, amely közel két hete égett az Atlanti-óceánon. Mentőművelet folyt, hogy az autószállítóról -on-roll-elvigyék az Azori-szigetek melletti biztonságos területre, amikor kedd reggel elsüllyedt. A tűz kialudt, mire a hajó a hullámok alá került.
The weather had been rough at the time, a spokesperson for Felicity Ace's Japanese operator, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines transportation company, told Bloomberg. The ship sank after listing to starboard around 220 nautical miles off the Portuguese Azores archipelago at around 9 a.m. local time on March 1. Salvage craft remain posted at the site of the sinking to monitor the situation, according to a sajtóközlemény from the Felicity Ace Incident Information Centre.
The crew of 22 safely abandoned the ship via helicopter and lifeboat on February 16, the day the blaze first broke out, according to FleetMon, a website that tracks ocean vessels. "The ship is burning from one end to the other ... everything is on fire about five meters above the water line," Captain Joao Mendes Cabecas of the port of Hortas, told Reuters. A tűz a mentési munkálatok megkezdése után február 25-én kialudt; oka még mindig ismeretlen.
The 656-foot-long vessel was traveling from Germany to the U.S., carrying Porches, Volkswagens, and possibly other cargo. Close to 4,000 vehicles were on board. Many of them were electric and contained lithium-ion batteries, which burn uncontrollably without a massive volume of water to put them out, according to Reuters. These situations require specialized equipment, and it often makes more sense to let the fire burn out on its own. Two tugs sprayed the vessel with water to cool the hull, and the salvage team was able to board Felicity Ace by helicopter. A large salvage craft with additional firefighting capability assisted the operation. By February 25, smoke emanating from the ship was no longer visible.
"Maritime salvage is a complex business," Master Mariner Steven Browne tells Népszerű mechanika. In most cases, like this one, the vessel owner will contract with a salvage company and the contract will specify the amount the salvor, a person who salvages a ship and items lost at sea, is paid. "The negotiated salvage fee could be a fixed amount or a variable amount based on the time and costs associated with the operation. If specified, the salvor may agree to a 'No Cure, No Pay' provision in which they wouldn't get paid at all if the operation isn't successful. The standard salvage contract that is used is Lloyd's Open Form," says Browne, a faculty member at Kaliforniai Állami Egyetem Tengerészeti Akadémia in Vallejo, California.
If a vessel is salvaged without contract, the salvor needs to bring a salvage claim before a court. "The court will determine the value of the vessel and cargo, the risk to the salvors, and the danger to the vessel and cargo," Browne says. In this case, it's likely the award won't top 50 percent of the total value of the ship and cargo. Most likely the salvor will get only 10 to 25 percent.
Sajnos úgy tűnik, nincs már mit menteni, mivel a hajóval együtt minden elromlott.
