Burning electric car burns 3000 on a ship. Crew member also dies

27 July 202310 months ago babelfish

A fire on a cargo ship off the Dutch island of Ameland in the Wadden Sea has killed one person. The victim was a crew member of the Fremantle Highway, according to reports from the Dutch coastguard cited by Die Welt. The 23 crew members have been cleared, but some are injured.

The cause of the fire would have been the fire of an electric car. The freighter, which sails under the flag of Panama, was reportedly en route from Bremerhaven to Egypt and was carrying 2,857 cars, 25 of which were electric. The data from the Vesselfinder.com site confirm the route of the merchant ship which, among other things, usually also headed for Italy.

The rescue was difficult, Coast Guard spokesman Edwin Granneman said. And the fire was still not under control by early Wednesday afternoon. A lifeline connecting the freighter to a tug is not stable enough for actual towing. “The situation is now too volatile to tow the vessel.” But thanks to the cable, the ship no longer blocks the route to and from Germany.

According to the Dutch coast guard, the tragic fire could last for days, until the most combustible part of the load, i.e. electric cars, is almost completely consumed. The danger of lithium batteries was known, but in a confined environment such as a transport ship this risk is exalted and skyrockets. Surely, after this event, electric car transport insurance rates will be raised.

The shipping company of the Freemantle Highway is, curiously, the same as the container ship Ever Giver which, two years ago, blocked the Suez Canal for days. A real bad luck.

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