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Ship carrying 3,000 cars ablaze off Dutch coast, crew member dead
Reuters ^ | July 26, 2023 | By Charlotte Van Campenhout and Rishabh Jaiswal

Posted on 07/26/2023 8:47:45 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

SUMMARY

* Some crew members had to jump overboard

* Vessel was en route from Germany to Egypt

* Still ablaze; salvage experts examine next steps

* 25 electric vehicles onboard

AMSTERDAM, July 26 (Reuters) - A fire blazed on a ship off the Dutch coast with nearly 3,000 vehicles on board on Wednesday, killing one member of the crew and injuring several others, the coastguard said.

Dutch broadcaster NOS said all the crew were Indian.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cars; electricvehicle; electricvehicles; ev; evs; fire; ocean
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To: linMcHlp

Must have been one of the new 2024 Unquenchable Inferno models from automaker Autos-da-Fe.


21 posted on 07/26/2023 9:41:08 AM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This ship will be the second one full of vehicles to be lost.

The electric vehicle party is OVER. They will soon be uninsurable and not possible to ship anywhere in the world.

Upon becoming uninsurable, EV’s will not be eligible for financing as lenders will have a major risk of total loss on EV loans.

Electric vehicles are a huge risk, ready to ignite at any time without warning.

EV’s will be banned from using ferries and parking in public garages. Local ordinances will prevent them from parking in private, single family garages or public garages. There might be laws passed to prevent EV’s from being parked within 200 feet of any structure.

Walmart might prohibit their parking as a result of the risk of damage or loss to other vehicles parked near the EV’s.


22 posted on 07/26/2023 9:42:14 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: texas booster

This is the kiss of death for ships transporting electric cars. Why? Because on the open seas the people with the last word are the folks who insure ships.


23 posted on 07/26/2023 9:42:58 AM PDT by GOPJ (Treason, or betraying the United States, is making war against the United States. Travis translation)
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To: hanamizu

Entire country will be in high risk pool. Exorbitant premiums for all.


24 posted on 07/26/2023 9:45:27 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

All you need is 1 EV


25 posted on 07/26/2023 9:51:48 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I guess they could make special slots on the ship for electric cars, from which they can be ejected into the sea in case of fire. But that will raise the transport costs.


26 posted on 07/26/2023 9:55:13 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so stupid people won’t be offended)
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To: hanamizu
Government will simply require insurance, at a low price regardless of liability risk.

I wonder if the insurance companies will say, to heck with that, we will learn to code?

27 posted on 07/26/2023 9:55:52 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: Captain Rhino

“or is there a recent design change/manufacturing flaw causing the seeming uptick in fires?”

My guess is the culprit is the constant demand for increased battery capacity. All these batteries have a chance for a catastrophic discharge, and the larger the capacity, the more catastrophic the discharge.


28 posted on 07/26/2023 9:57:20 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Gnome1949
This ship will be the second one full of vehicles to be lost.

In addition to the 'Felicity Ace' fire in February 2022, there was a car carrier ship that recently burned at a pier in New Jersey:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/06/two-firefighters-killed-cargo-ship-blaze-new-jersey-port

29 posted on 07/26/2023 9:57:44 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: linMcHlp
"The crew tried to put out the fire themselves, but failed."

That sounds exactly the same problem all fire fighters have with burning EVs. Those fires are extremely hard to put out, and they can reignite multiple times.

30 posted on 07/26/2023 9:59:24 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Faux News: "We distort, you deride")
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To: Gnome1949

I believe there are more than two ships that have been lost.


31 posted on 07/26/2023 10:02:50 AM PDT by Revel
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

My friend once remarked that paying for his daughter’s wedding was like buying a brand new Mercedes and driving it into the ocean.


32 posted on 07/26/2023 10:10:44 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Seruzawa

**If you’ve ever been around ocean going vessels you become aquatinted with the damage that the continuous salt spray causes. Even living close to the ocean is problematic.**

In the late 80s the local midwest Cessna dealer sold a C182 to a customer in Coastal Mass; which was delivered by the salesman (who was also a flight instructor). The trade-in was a C172, that looked decent from the outside. When back home, and after the mechanics had opened all of the inspection panels to seal to deal, they had the salesman come and look at what he flew back. His face went pale when he saw the rotted wing ribs. His voice shaking, he said: “and I flew this thing in really rough turbulence over western Pennsylvania”.

Turns out the owner had opened a few select panels for the salesman that didn’t show any serious corrosion. After letting the seller know that some Mass aircraft inspector was probably going to be in trouble for signing in the logbooks that the plane as airworthy, a deal was made. The seller had to pay for having the wings being rebuilt.


33 posted on 07/26/2023 10:14:31 AM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hi.

Moral of the story? Don’t charge your EV on board a ship going to Egypt.

5.56mm


34 posted on 07/26/2023 10:25:02 AM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go)
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To: GOPJ

Shipping around the world is difficult enough.

Add in lithium batteries, stir in some politics, then blame it all on anything but the real cause.

Insurance companies demand a government bailout and a new government insured risk pool.

Slide it all under the rug.

Taxpayer pays for everything - and in Europe, with its VAT system, they can pay for it a couple of time.


35 posted on 07/26/2023 10:33:31 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: Zuriel

I take it that used airplane salesmen are as honest as used car salesmen


36 posted on 07/26/2023 11:01:23 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Gnome1949

All it takes is a small crack in the casing, exposing the internal electrolyte to oxygen... and then wham bam thank you ma’am, it’s over


37 posted on 07/26/2023 11:04:10 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Who manufactured the electric cars?


38 posted on 07/26/2023 11:19:17 AM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Jeez… yet again? Car shipping insurance rates are GONNA SOAR!


39 posted on 07/26/2023 11:29:36 AM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX’)
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To: GOPJ
This is the kiss of death for ships transporting electric cars. Why? Because on the open seas the people with the last word are the folks who insure ships.

Interesting, no government control on the high seas.   This reinforces my belief that the powers that be never wanted or never intended to allow us mere peons to leave our 15 minute communities.

40 posted on 07/26/2023 11:31:28 AM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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