Disruptive Tech Initiative Poised to Tackle Spike in Lost Shipping Cargo

Last month the Felicity Ace caught fire in the mid-Atlantic and had to be abandoned. The cargo ship was carrying over 4,000 luxury cars, including Porsche, Audi, Bentley and Lamborghini models, which insurers estimated to be worth £295 million. It was adrift somewhere south of the Azores for some weeks, assumed to be still burning, before it finally sank. The hazardous lithium-ion batteries, oil and gas contained onboard now sit on the ocean floor.

Felicity Ace reached mainstream news but it is...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/22/disruptive-tech-initiative-poised-to-tackle-spike-in-lost-shipping-cargo/

Car carrier — and Bentleys, Porsches and Lamborghinis — sinks

The car carrier Felicity Ace has sunk — and with it about half a billion dollars worth of luxury vehicles.

“Initial reports from the local salvage team state that the vessel had sunk at around 9 a.m. local time (5 a.m. EST Tuesday) having suffered a list to starboard,” MOL Ship Management Singapore said in a statement. 

According to the incident information center, the Felicity Ace was about 220 nautical miles off the Portuguese Azores in the Atlantic Ocean when it sank. The vessel, owned and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/car-carrier-and-bentleys-porsches-and-lamborghinis-sinks

Carrier transporting luxury cars to US still smoldering in Atlantic

Two large tugs with firefighting equipment were expected to reach a car carrier smoldering off the coast of Portugal on Monday. The Felicity Ace was bound for the United States reportedly bearing Audis, Bentleys, Lamborghinis and Porsches when a fire broke out Wednesday in the Atlantic Ocean about 90 miles southwest of the Azores. 

The Felicity Ace “is still assumed to remain on fire” and was drifting farther south of the islands, MOL Ship Management Singapore said in a statement Monday. 

“Current...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/carrier-transporting-luxury-cars-to-us-still-smoldering-in-atlantic

Η Audi συμβάλει στη προστασία του περιβάλλοντος και του φυτικού βασιλείου

Η κλιματική αλλαγή μας δείχνει καθημερινά τις συνέπειες που έχει στο περιβάλλον η αλόγιστη χρήση των πόρων του οικοσυστήματος και η επίδραση των εκπομπών του CO2.

Η Audi, στο πρόγραμμα των ενεργειών που κάνει για την προστασία του περιβάλλοντος, έχει εντάξει και την παρακολούθηση των αποθεμάτων οπωροφόρων δέντρων με νέας γενιάς drones για να μελετήσουν οι επιστήμονες την επίδραση του περιβάλλοντος στα δένδρα. Το ερευνητικό έργο αποσκοπεί στη διασφάλιση μακροπρόθεσμης επιβίωσης και ποικιλομορφίας...

https://www.naftikachronika.gr/2021/08/14/i-audi-symvalei-sti-prostasia-tou-perivallontos-kai-tou-fytikou-vasileiou/

Chip shortage forces automakers to adjust Mexico plants

The U.S.-Mexico automotive production industry has been affected by a global semiconductor supply chain disruption that has slowed assembly lines around the world. 

General Motors and Volkswagen recently announced they were extending shutdowns or adjusting production schedules at plants in Mexico due to semiconductor chip shortages. 

Volkswagen de México said Thursday it will adjust its production schedule at its plant in Puebla, Mexico, for the Jetta model until March 5 due to lack of components.

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/chip-shortage-forces-automakers-to-adjust-mexico-plants

Audi in tax dispute over factory in Mexico

German carmaker Audi said Monday it has agreed for its plant in Mexico to be audited to help put an end to a tax payment dispute with Mexican authorities.

Officials in the Mexican city of San José Chiapa in Puebla said the plant owes the municipality 90 million pesos ($4.25 million) in unpaid taxes.

Several news outlets in Mexico reported that the mayor of San José Chiapa, Arturo Graciel López, ordered the plant to be closed on Friday evening. Audi officials said the plant never closed and the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/audi-in-tax-dispute-over-factory-in-mexico

Mexican state orders Audi, Volkswagen to keep Mexican factories closed

Coronavirus concerns have prompted the Mexican state of Puebla to order Volkswagen (VOW.DE) and its luxury brand unit Audi (NSU.DE) to keep their plants closed for the time being.

Volkswagen AG had previously said it was ready to resume operations in Puebla, Mexico, on Monday.

Puebla Gov. Miguel Barbosa tweeted that he had signed a decree on Friday stating that conditions for reopening the automotive and construction sectors were not yet favorable.

“Today I have signed a decree determining that...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/mexican-state-orders-audi-volkswagen-to-keep-mexican-factories-closed

Ship With 2000 Cars Including 911 GT2 RS Sinks Off French Coast!!

  • Grande America sank with a large batch of Audi and Porsche cars sank off the coast of France.
  • Porsche confirmed that there were Porsche cars on board as well out of which 4 were 911 GT2 RS worth $292,200.
  • Porsche is set to assume production of its discontinued model 911 GT2 RS and deliver to the customers who lost their cars in the shipping accident.
  • There were other Porsche cars on board including Caymans, Boxters, and Cayennes.

According to Financial Express, a number of Porsche 911 GT2 RS...

http://mfame.guru/ship-with-2000-cars-including-911-gt2-rs-sinks-off-french-coast/

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