Results 1 to 6 of 6

Thread: Abandoned ship full of EVs burning in the Pacific.

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Nov 2008
    Location
    Inverness
    Posts
    25
    Thanks (Given)
    7
    Thanks (Received)
    30
    Likes (Given)
    177
    Likes (Received)
    101

    Default Abandoned ship full of EVs burning in the Pacific.

    A cargo ship transporting 3,000 cars abandoned in the middle of the Pacific after massive fife broke out it is thought that the fire was fueled by the vehicles lithium-ion batteries which are notoriously difficult to extinguish once ignited.
    the ship , named Morning Midas, was reportedly traveling from China to Mexico the 22 crew were picked up by a near by merchant ship after failing to put out the fire and had to abandon ship in life boats after putting out a distress call.
    Thank god they are all safe .These cars are DANGEROUS !!!

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Location
    Sunbury Victoria Australia
    Posts
    26,301
    Thanks (Given)
    9559
    Thanks (Received)
    10612
    Likes (Given)
    112481
    Likes (Received)
    47947

    Default Re: Abandoned ship full of EVs burning in the Pacific.

    Not the first time this has happened.
    One last year up in the Baltic region.
    The batteries continue to be a problem as are some of the home ones on sale now.
    Been a couple of houses damaged by them and one house burned down when the battery on an electric scooterwent up in flames.
    At the time not even plugged in.
    Happy daze John in Oz.

    Life is too short to blend in.

    John Strange R737787
    World Traveller

  3. Likes Des Jenkins liked this post
  4. #3
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    W.A.
    Posts
    25,582
    Thanks (Given)
    13774
    Thanks (Received)
    14687
    Likes (Given)
    20286
    Likes (Received)
    82125

    Default Re: Abandoned ship full of EVs burning in the Pacific.

    That’s also part of the trouble if they are built for the drive on drive off system that they always have fuel in their tanks. In a previous post The Maratha Envoy had two of her 7 holds converted by installing car decks in them. The law at that time was if they had fuel in their tanks you had to be able to do a complete atmosphere change twice a day think it was ,so extractor fans had to be fitted , the only trouble with that was that this caused sweating in the hold and corrosion damage to the cars on long passages , so I conveniently only put on the fans after a visual daily inspection of these two holds hoping the smell of gas would warn me of any fire hazard. Today electric cars are obviously more dangeruous to carry than petrol driven cars .? JS.
    Last edited by j.sabourn; 9th June 2025 at 06:35 AM.
    R575129

  5. #4
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    Torquay
    Posts
    11,793
    Thanks (Given)
    3486
    Thanks (Received)
    8067
    Likes (Given)
    12110
    Likes (Received)
    36149

    Default Re: Abandoned ship full of EVs burning in the Pacific.

    Apparently nearest FF tug is still four days away, maybe there won't be much to extinquish when she gets there, lets hope the FF bulkheads do their job

  6. Likes Tony Taylor, Des Jenkins liked this post
  7. #5
    Join Date
    Mar 2025
    Location
    cooma nsw
    Posts
    260
    Thanks (Given)
    392
    Thanks (Received)
    102
    Likes (Given)
    1161
    Likes (Received)
    520

    Default Re: Abandoned ship full of EVs burning in the Pacific.

    There have been around twenty house fires in NSW from people charging their E-bikes either in the garage and sometimes even in the lounge, they are told time and agin not to do it, But
    It may give Trump ideas to get back at his old mate.
    Des

  8. Likes happy daze john in oz liked this post
  9. #6
    Join Date
    Mar 2022
    Location
    Prenton
    Posts
    3,918
    Thanks (Given)
    474
    Thanks (Received)
    1893
    Likes (Given)
    3196
    Likes (Received)
    5651
    Blog Entries
    2

    Default Re: Abandoned ship full of EVs burning in the Pacific.

    See Trump now says America won the 2nd world war.
    He claims Russia helped and they lost 51 million.No mention of the British. What dick head that man is.
    I really do hope the so called State visit is cancelled, Maybe King Charles will tell Starmmer you invited him , take him for fish & Chips and a pint , then send him packing.
    It really is time the UK stopped being Americas bitch.

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •