MOL car carrier on fire, abandoned, Atlantic UPDATE Porsche and VW car…
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MOL car carrier on fire, abandoned, Atlantic UPDATE Porsche and VW cars
Posted in Accidents by Mikhail Voytenko
Feb 17 0040 UTC UPDATE:
All 22 crew were evacuated, and transported by helicopter to Faial island – 11 were picked up from life raft or lifeboat, 11 were rescued by merchant ship (understood by Suezmax crude oil tanker RESILIENT WARRIOR, IMO 9856359) and later airlifted by helicopter.
FELICITY ACE is to be towed to nearest shelter, owner of the ship is to appoint salvage company. AIS is on, Portugal Navy patrol ship NRP SETUBAL (IMO 9286724) is approaching drifting car carrier, most probably to be on a standby until tugs arrive. FELICITY ACE is carrying Porsche and other Volkswagen Auto Group brands cars.
Management Statement:
MOL
Shipmanagement Singapore, managers of the car carrier FELICITY ACE report that
the vessel has experienced a fire and the Master has taken the prudent decision
to abandon the ship. With assistance from commercial ships and helicopter in
the area, all 22 crew members have been safely evacuated from the ship.
FELICITY ACE was
on passage from Germany to USA, carrying car units, when the fire occurred in
approximate position 37 deg.29.9N x 030 deg. 14.00W, some 90 nautical miles
southwest of the Azores in the Atlantic. The fire was first
reported at around 1130 hrs CET on February 16.
All the
appropriate authorities have been _alert_ed and are responding. Mitsui O.S.K.
Lines as the operator of the vessel and MOL Shipmanagement Singapore, has
established an incident response team to coordinate the emergency. As the
safety of the crew members have been confirmed, MOL will make every effort to
contain the damage and resolve the situation as the main priorities.
Feb 16: Car carrier FELICITY ACE issued distress signal in the morning Feb 16 some 90 nm SSW of Azores, Atlantic, and reported fire in one of cargo decks. The ship is en route from Emden Germany to North Kingstown USA.
FELICITY ACE went NUC soon after issuing distress
signal, 22 crew were reportedly, evacuated. Ship’s AIS as of 1450 UTC Feb 16 was still on,
disabled ship drifting in eastern direction. Portugal Navy and nearby ships
have been engaged in rescue. It’s not confirmed though,
that all the crew abandoned the ship.
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