A burning transport ship belonging to the Volkswagen Group is drifting in the middle of the Atlantic – with many valuable models on board. This is known so far.
Horta (Azores, Portugal) – He disembarked in Emden in Lower Saxony, heading for Houston in Texas, USA: The car freighter “Felicity Ace. But now the ship is burning off the Azores. There are 3,965 new cars from the Volkswagen Group on the floating car park, including coveted luxury models, as reported by 24auto.de.
There are 189 vehicles from the luxury British brand Bentley on board, with new prices starting at just under 200,000 euros. 1,100 Porsche models are also apparently threatened by the flames. In addition, some vehicles from the Italian sports car manufacturer Lamborghini are said to be on board, with German list prices starting at 221,499 euros. If possible, the Panama-flagged freighter will be towed to a port in the Bahamas or mainland Europe. All 22 crew members are safe, as Audi announced – which is not a matter of course in a highly dangerous maritime emergency such as a fire on board.
