That's a boatload ...

[Peter_in_2780]

of p**** substitutes. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-18/cargo-ship-carrying-luxury-vw-cars-catches-fire-off-portugal/100844514[^]

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A Porsche spokesperson said about 1,100 Porsche vehicles were on board at the time. Audi confirmed some of its vehicles were also on board but did not say how many. German newspaper Handelsblatt reported that an internal email from Volkswagen USA stated that the ship was carrying 3,965 vehicles of the VW, Porsche, Audi and Lamborghini brands.

:laugh: :wtf: :laugh: :wtf: :laugh:

Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012

[Slacker007]

:confused:

[Andre Oosthuizen]

:omg: I wonder of those salt drenched models will make it to market eventually and if they will be "fixing" the burnt ones for market again...

[RickZeeland]

Probably will be bought by lovers of salted-car-amel :-\

[Ron Anders]

I wonder also, if this was a battery fire as VW is going for it in the EV space and there may have been more than a few battery packs on board.

[ElectronProgrammer]

According to the Portuguese media today (2022-02-21): - the ship was still on fire although with less intensity - there are a number (not specified) of electric cars onboard with their lithium batteries which is preventing the firefighters from addressing the fire in a traditional way (they need special equipment) - a dutch tech team, hired by the ship owner, is waiting to go onboard and tow the ship to Europe - also, a dutch tow boat, the "ALP Guard" from Gibraltar, is waiting to tow the ship - a second tow boat, the "Thor B", is spraying the hull of the ship with water to cool it - the cars include Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, Bentley, Lamborghini (some are/where Aventador Ultimae) and Bugatti Chiron, but there are other models too

[Ron Anders]

What fun.

[ElectronProgrammer]

Seem the fires are extinguished (no visible fires) :) They are proceeding with the cooling of the hull and it is expected that Thursday (2022-02-24) the experts will be able to go aboard to begin accessing damages that may affect the towing of the ship. Link to the news on the Portuguese navy site (sorry, in Portuguese only): Marinha prossegue acompanhamento de navio com incêndio a bordo ao largo dos Açores[^] Maybe next week we start getting reports of what survived if anything. Apparently (from a news site: Navio arde ao largo dos Açores com estragos de mais de 400 milhões de euros[^] ), the appraisal of the cargo is approximately 400 million euros for the vehicles, 150 of which from Volkswagen alone. Ouch!