Freight ship carrying new vehicles to the Mexican sewer several weeks after the fire
Anchorage, Alaska (AP) – A cargo ship that has been delivering new vehicles in the North Pacific, sank in the North Pacific, and a few weeks later the crew gave up the ship when they were unable to extinguish the fire on the ship and left the carrier dead in the water.
The ship management company London Zodiac Maritime ships on board the Alaska Aleutian chain's international waters sink in the morning.
“There is no obvious pollution,” said Cameron Snell, a young police officer with the U.S. Coast Guard spokesman in Alaska. “Currently, we also have ships on site to deal with any pollution.”
The statement said that damage caused by the fire caused by bad weather and water seepage caused the carrier to sink approximately 16,404 feet (5,000 meters) of water, about 415 miles (770 kilometers) from the land.
The ship is loaded with about 3,000 new vehicles for use in a major Pacific port in Mexico. It is not clear whether any cars were removed before sinking, and Zodiac Maritime did not immediately respond to Tuesday's news.
Arrived a few days after the fire destroyed the vehicle.
The company said two rescue tugs equipped with pollution control equipment will remain on site to monitor any signs of contamination or debris. The crew of the two ships was not injured when Midas sank in the morning.
Zodiac Maritime said it also sent another professional pollution response boat to the site for preventive measures.
The Coast Guard said on June 3 it received a distress alert introducing the morning Midas boarding the fire and then about 300 miles (490 kilometers) southwest of Adak Island.
In the morning, Midas had 22 crew members on board. All of this was evacuated to the lifeboat and rescued by a nearby merchant ship. No injuries.
Among the cars, there are about 70 fully electric and about 680 hybrid cars. The Coast Guard and Zodiac Maritime said at the time that there was initially a large smoke from the stern of the deck equipped with an electric car.
Adak is located about 1,200 miles (1,930 kilometers) west of Anchorage, Alaska's largest city.
The 600-foot (183-meter) morning Midas was built in 2006 and sailed under the Liberian flag. According to industry website Marinetraffic.com, the vehicle and truck carrier headed to Mexico to leave Yantai, China on May 26.
In a recent report, the Dutch Safety Commission called for an emergency response to the North Sea transport route, a deadly 2023 cargo ship carrying 3,000 vehicles, including nearly 500 electric vehicles from Germany to Singapore.
One person was killed, others were injured in the fire and lost control for a week. The ship was eventually towed to a Dutch port for salvage.
