The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to a fire on board the 600-foot car carrier Morning Midas carrying hundreds of electric vehicles approximately 300 miles off the coast of Alaska.
The vessel departed from Yantai, China on May 26 with destination Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico where it was expected on June 15. According to shipping database Equasis the 2006 Morning Midas is owned by Hawthorn Navigation Inc. out of London with management by Zodiac Maritime Limited.
Zodiac Maritime has confirmed the vessel is loaded with around 3,000 vehicles, 800 of which are electric vehicles. Smoke was initially seen emanating from a deck carrying electric vehicles, according to the statement.
Related: The decommissioned buses are said to be a mixture of electric-powered and gas buses in that lot, but it’s unclear which are burning currently burning.
(h/t Joe, Kenji)
Time for a new coral reef.
Seems a long way from home for the Coast Guard?
Seems a tad early to be decommissioning electric buses, no?
Almost universally, they immediately don’t work. Why wait?
Not in my garage!
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Oh, like a toy ship on a millpond, she’ll burn all through the night, and sink ‘neath the waves in the morning…
https://youtu.be/I4cAnMZc79U?si=uHsj2xoGmfpLbRUG
L- China exporting decommissioned electronic vehicles(Flaming Sparky Cars) to Mexico?
“Unrestricted Warfare”? Was Mexico their final destination? Mexico might want to reflect on:
the implications of their Cartels becoming dependent on the Chinese laundering their money.
Fortune Cookies saying: “May you live in interesting times” seem so common now.
Shipping China’s green waste to Mexico.
I particularly liked this bit…
“The crew immediately initiated emergency firefighting procedures using the vessel’s onboard fire suppression systems. However, despite their efforts, the situation could not be brought under control.”
Saving the planet from fossil fuels is a dirty, dangerous undertaking.
“City health officials say nearby residents should stay indoors as much as possible, wear a mask outside, avoid strenuous physical activity and close windows and doors to homes.”
Yup, she’s scheduled for a visit to Davey Jones Locker.