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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>A ship carrying around 4 000 vehicles, including Porsches, Audis and Bentleys, caught fire near the coast of the Azores on 18 February.<\/p>\n

It was not clear whether the Lithium-ion batteries in the electric cars onboard the vehicle carrier Felicity Ace that caught fire first sparked the fire.<\/p>\n

Pictures provided by the Portuguese maritime authority showed severe burns on the bow and along the 200-metre-long 200 meters (220-yard-long) side of the ship, which according to Refinitiv data was built in 2005 and can carry 17,738 tonnes of weight.<\/p>\n

A 16-person salvage team from Smit Salvage, owned by Dutch marine engineer Boskalis, was sent to the ship to help control the flames, Boskalis said.<\/p>\n

The Panama-flagged ship, owned by Snowscape Car Carriers SA and managed by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd (9104.T), was travelling from Emden, Germany \u2013 where Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) has a factory \u2013 to Davisville in the United States, based on the Maritime Traffic website.<\/p>\n

The 22 crew members on board were evacuated on Wednesday, when the fire broke out, with no one hurt, Portugal\u2019s navy said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Around 1 100 Porsches and 189 Bentleys were on board. Audi, another Volkswagen brand, confirmed some of its vehicles were also on the ship but did not state how many.<\/p>\n

Volkswagen did not confirm the total number of cars on board and said it was awaiting further information.<\/p>\n

More: Reuters<\/p>\n

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