Cargo Ship Carrying Flaming EVs Sinks Off the Coast of Alaska

If you were waiting for a new car, the Domino’s Pizza Tracker The equivalent for vehicle orders could be blocked at the point of “delivery” for a while. A cargo cargo carrying a fleet of electric vehicles, hybrids and gas vehicles has flowed, According to the New York TimesAfter caught fire while crossing the Pacific.

The Morning Midas, a ship navigating under a Liberian flag and managed by the International Navigation Firm Zodiac Maritime, has increased to around 360 sea miles from the Alaska coast, according to the report. The ship had caught fire about three weeks ago and suffered additional damage to bad weather before finally heading for its aqueous grave. He would have sailed from China to Mexico with a large cargo cargo load on board.

The 600 -foot boat transported 70 electric vehicles, 681 hybrids and more than 2,000 conventional vehicles, According to information provided by the American Coast Guard. It also transported approximately 1,800 metric tonnes of fuel from the ship, which is ideal for a ship crossing the ocean and not so ideal for a ship moving towards the seabed, because it creates the potential of a oil spill. Depending on the timeNone of the cargoes that was on the morning of the Midas was recovered before going down.

While the cars fell with the ship, the Midas morning crew was successfully evacuated. The 22 crew members were all evacuated by a rescue canoe and picked up by a commercial ship shortly after the initial fire broke out on June 3. They abandoned the ship once it was clear that they could not contain the fire, which burned for about a week before the fire fighting crews reached it. The fire was exhausted before the ship flows, but not early enough to allow anything.

Liberia and the maritime zodiac should conduct investigations on what happened exactly in the morning to cause the fire. It is currently not known whether electric vehicles have played a role in the initial flame or if they were taken in the fire. Lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles can overheatAnd if they take fire, they are particularly difficult to turn off. Lithium-ion batteries have a Risk of chemical exposure For those who fight against the flames and a greater possibility of reign, which would have made the continuation of the delivery way a risk.