The ship, which carried Volkswagen, Porsche, Audi and Lamborghini vehicles, started burning on Wednesday.
On an abandoned burning cargo ship in the Atlantic Ocean almost 4,000 Volkswagen cars. German newspaper Handelsblatt, which refers to an internal e-mail from Volkswagen USA, reported that the Felicity Ace carried 3965 vehicles of the brands Volkswagen, Porsche, Audi and Lamborghini. Volkswagen did not confirm the number of vehicles on board, but Porsche said it had about 1,100 models on board. The BBC news portal informs about it.
Felicity Ace was traveling from Emden, Germany, to Davisville, Rhode Island, USA, when a fire broke out in the Portuguese Azores on Wednesday. Her 22-member crew was evacuated. In a statement, the Portuguese Navy stated that that the owner of the ship is trying to tow it and do not yet record that it would cause pollution.
