Burnt-out ship carrying 4,000 VWs, Porsches, Audis, Bentleys and Lamborghinis sinks in tough seas

The cargo ship that caught hearth within the Atlantic whereas transporting roughly 4,000 Volkswagen Group autos to the U.S. has sunk despite efforts to tow it to safety.

The Felicity Ace sank 220 nautical miles off the coast of Portugal’s Azores Islands round 9 a.m. native time on Tuesday after being battered by waves and leaning 45 levels to its starboard facet, the ship’s operator stated.

“The climate was fairly tough on the market,” Pat Adamson, a spokesperson for MOL Ship Administration, a unit of Mitsui OSK Strains Ltd., stated by cellphone. “After which she sank, which was a shock.”

Volkswagen had VW, Porsche, Audi, Bentley and Lamborghini-branded fashions on the vessel, which was on its method to Rhode Island from Germany’s Emden port when the hearth broke out on Feb. 16. The blaze is believed to have lasted greater than every week after the Panama-flagged ship’s crew was evacuated and it was left adrift.