Car Transport Ship Felicity Ace Catches Fire Mid Atlantic
#346
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Everyone should have an iPhone - android crap catches on fire!
https://www.macrumors.com/2021/08/24...21-plane-fire/
https://www.macrumors.com/2021/08/24...21-plane-fire/
#348
Intermediate
Wow! This was an AMAZING read. I don’t want to derail the topic at hand here but I would love to read more fiction like this (adventure, exploration, engineering solutions) so if anyone has any recommendations, they would be greatly appreciated in PM or otherwise.
Hopeful for a similar recount of the tragedy of the Felicity Ace in the near future.
Hopeful for a similar recount of the tragedy of the Felicity Ace in the near future.
Oh, one other bit of non-fiction that's on a related tangent...
The computer worm/virus that rendered Maersk shipping dead in the water in 2017. This is an AMAZING read from Wired:
https://www.wired.com/story/notpetya...hed-the-world/
I was in Europe traveling at the time and completely missed this entire thing happening. I only heard about it WAY after the fact. Shortly after reading this great article, I happened to meet an IT higher-up at at a kid's graduation party, who worked for, I think, APL. He said, "Oh yeah, I remember THAT! I was stuck at our corporate headquarters for weeks 24/7 making sure it didn't destroy us!"
You GOTTA read it!
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Drifting
It affects their paychecks, thus, the impact is very real. My SA is truly concerned about pay for the month of March. Porsche Corporate hasn’t been much help.
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Car dealers did great last year with all cars selling at MSRP. They should have plenty of money to weather a half month of delayed revenue.
#354
Speculation is on a lithium battery cause:
Fire subsides on huge cargo ship adrift in mid-Atlantic (msn.com)
Fire subsides on huge cargo ship adrift in mid-Atlantic (msn.com)
#355
Just visiting my local SA and luckily, they were not impacted. According to my SA, the ship was destined for RI, Florida and Texas…so mid-Atlantic dealerships were not (directly) impacted.
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Just got the call from my dealer. I should get a new allocation in the next 48 hours. They aren’t sure if I’m able to make any changes yet. Makes sense as I just noticed today that my TYD page has disappeared.
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Speculation is on a lithium battery cause:
Fire subsides on huge cargo ship adrift in mid-Atlantic (msn.com)
Fire subsides on huge cargo ship adrift in mid-Atlantic (msn.com)
With the emphasis on speculation. I guess it depends on which part of the sentence you want to focus on.
"The cause of the fire is not known, Mendes Cabecas said, though suspicion has fallen on lithium batteries in electric vehicles the Felicity Ace was taking from Germany to the United States."
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First news from an affected reenlister... Great to hear and keep us posted since this is actual useful info.
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I also just received the call. My 3/11 delivery GT3 Touring has been rescheduled for September. Not as quickly as I had expected. Then comes model year issues. Would you take a ‘22 in September? Should be a ‘23. I have been waiting for this car for 18months. I have been without a car since 10/3/20, due to pre-trade issues, and being promised a ( fictitious) delivery date on an S. Fortunately, I live in NYC. I am becoming grumpier by the minute.
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