Snip: Some 1,500 hot-selling Mazda3 cars destined for the Canadian market are aboard a cargo ship floundering in the rough seas off Alaska's Aleutian Islands. Reports say that Mitsui's Cougar Ace has a cargo of at least 4,700 Mazda Motor Corp. vehicles, a total of which is estimated to be worth $117.5 million.,
The ship, Mitsui O.S.K.'s Cougar Ace, was still afloat yesterday and its owner was weighing a salvage operation, said Mazda Canada spokesperson Greg Young. The ship's crew were evacuated.
"We don't know the status of the vehicles," Mr. Young said. "All we've seen is the ship lying on its side."
Yep, this is truly weird.