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Title: EV-Carrying Ship Sinks In Pacific Ocean After Catching Fire

Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/24/2032...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Transport Topics: A ship that caught
fire in the Pacific Ocean earlier this month has sunk. The vessel was
abandoned in the middle of the pacific -- about 360 miles from land -- after
a blaze. It was carrying about 3,000 vehicles of which about 800 were EVs.
Damage caused by the fire was compounded by heavy weather, causing the ship
to take on water and ultimately sink on June 23, the vessel's manager, Zodiac
Maritime, said in a statement on June 24. Smoke was initially seen emanating
from a deck carrying electric vehicles, Zodiac said when the incident first
happened. While the ship's relative distance from land means that it will
sink into ocean that is approximately 5,000 meters deep, it also made a rapid
response trickier. The second of three specialist vessels that were due to
assist the ship arrived on June 15, more than a week after the fire first
broke out. The vessel was carrying cars from a range of manufacturers
including Chery Automobile Co. and Great Wall Motor Co. to Mexico, people
familiar with the matter said at the time.

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