FREMANTLE HIGHWAY on fire (new vid: 2 sept 2023).

[Dee]

https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2023/42557/car-carrier-ev-major-fire-north-sea-netherlands/

Any Taycans on board?

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[Scandinavian]

Wow that is really bad. Terrible that this happens again and in such a busy stretch of water

 

[simcity]

Reuters reporting the suspected source was an electric car:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...fire-cargo-ship-dutch-coast-guard-2023-07-26/

 

[Fish Fingers]

Reuters reporting the suspected source was an electric car:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...fire-cargo-ship-dutch-coast-guard-2023-07-26/

Apparently this is fake news.
https://electrek.co/2023/07/26/surprise-media-is-misreporting-the-source-of-a-dutch-cargo-ship-fire/

 

[simcity]

Apparently this is fake news.
https://electrek.co/2023/07/26/surprise-media-is-misreporting-the-source-of-a-dutch-cargo-ship-fire/

Seems they've mis-reported or at least mis-quoted the Dutch Coastguard source.

(I really dislike the term fake news)

 

[Fish Fingers]

Seems they've mis-reported or at least mis-quoted the Dutch Coastguard source.

(I really dislike the term fake news)

I think a lot of the press love any negative story about EVs - as a lot of their readers are suspicious of EVs (burn the witch!) or can't afford them (pretentious show offs cars).

So any chance to sling mud and the press are all over it.

Then they just read each others stories and print the same thing.

 

[Fish Fingers]

I think a lot of the press love any negative story about EVs - as a lot of their readers are suspicious of EVs (burn the witch!) or can't afford them (pretentious show offs cars).

So any chance to sling mud and the press are all over it.

Then they just read each others stories and print the same thing.

The Daily Mail is the best place to get a laugh at the comments section whenever electric cars are mentioned.... ?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...UlqYmJWWDVqekFkMkpWYVE0Sw..#comments-12338705

 

[DougFrisk]

https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2023/42557/car-carrier-ev-major-fire-north-sea-netherlands/

Any Taycans on board?

Wasn't at Emden, so I'm going to say it's unlikely.

 

[simcity]

From the news page at Japanese owners, Shoei Kisen Kaisha, website:

(translation)

Our company's car carrier M.V. AFTER FREMANTLE HIGHWAY SHIPped from Germany to Singapore, a fire broke out from the cabin off the coast of the Netherlands at 23:45 local time on July 25 (06:45 on July 26 Japan time).

Wallem Shipmanagement Ltd., a local authority, rescuers and ship management company We are working on fire extinguishing work in cooperation with, but we are in a difficult situation. We will continue to do our best to extinguish the fire and work to resolve the situation as soon as possible.

In addition, there is no information on oil pollution caused by this accident, but the death of one crew member has been confirmed. I sincerely pray for the souls of the deceased sailors.

[The main ship's point]
Ship type: Car carrier
Total length: 199.97 metres
Total width: 32.26 metres
Gross tonnage: 59,525 tons
Crew: 21 Indians
Ship registration: Panamanian nationality
Year of completion: December 2013

[Inquiries about this matter]
Shoei Kisen Co., Ltd. Head Office (Imabari)
Phone number: 0898-41-3304

 

[TXAG]

Skyscrapers have fire breaks between selected floors to keep fires from spreading. The petroleum industry switched to double-hulled tankers decades ago. I wonder if there will soon be requirements for shipping vessels to contain EVs in a similar fashion ... or perhaps have EV-exclusive shipping vessels ... ?

 

[rs38]

Apparently this is fake news.
https://electrek.co/2023/07/26/surprise-media-is-misreporting-the-source-of-a-dutch-cargo-ship-fire/

hmmm.... we should ask Teslerati's whistleblower, he knew it before, it were Taycan batteries that caused the fire for sure!
https://www.teslarati.com/porsche-whistleblower-taycan-battery-fires-evil-bullshit/

 

[WuffvonTrips]

From the news page at Japanese owners, Shoei Kisen Kaisha, website:

(translation)

Our company's car carrier M.V. AFTER FREMANTLE HIGHWAY SHIPped from Germany to Singapore, a fire broke out from the cabin off the coast of the Netherlands at 23:45 local time on July 25 (06:45 on July 26 Japan time).
....

If that translation is correct, the cargo wasn't the source of the fire.

 

[simcity]

If that translation is correct, the cargo wasn't the source of the fire.

I think something got lost in translation.

It would've been on the car carrying decks, rather than the navigation/accommodation cabin, for sure.

 

[simcity]

Statement from "K" Line which confirms the ship was en-route to Singapore (rather than Egypt as originally reported).

https://www.kline.co.jp/en/news/car/230726EN/main/0/link/230726EN.pdf

Also there were apparently 498 battery electric vehicles on board (rather than 25 as originally reported) out of 3783 total vehicles (2857 initially reported).

Makes of cars on board is not revealed.

Still no word of the cause. Ship is still burning.

 

[simcity]

Any Taycans on board?

I would hazard a guess, not, as this ship stopped at Bremerhaven rather than Emden:

https://www.klineglobalroro.com/schedules/4-1_europe-south_africa_and_asia.pdf

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