Fire broke out Wednesday night in a truck ship carrying his luxury vehicles Volkswagen Group from Germany to the US while sailing off the coast of the Azores Portugalannounced today a representative of the automotive industry.
The 22 crew members have already been evacuated since Wednesday and there are no injuries.
There were also about 1,100 cars on board Porsche, according to a company spokesman, while Audi also confirmed that it was transporting some of its vehicles, although it did not specify their number. Internal mail of Volkswagen The United States said the ship was carrying 3,965 vehicles from VW, Porsche, Audi and Lamborghini, according to the German newspaper Handelsblatt.
THE Volkswagenaccording to the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency, did not confirm the number of its vehicles on board and added that it expects more information.
A photo posted by the Portuguese navy on its website on Wednesday shows a column of smoke rising from the ship.
The cargo ship Felicity Ace had departed from Eden, Germany, where Volkswagen has a plant, heading to Davisville, Rhone Island, USA, according to Marine Traffic.
The fire has been brought under control, according to the head of the port of Horta on the island of Faial in the Azores.
Source: News Beast
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