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Felicity Ace sinks

2 March 2022

MOL Ship Management (Singapore) reported today that the car carrier Felicity Ace sank at around 9 a.m. local time, some 200 nautical miles off the Azores. The vessel had been in trouble since February 16, when a fire broke out that forced the crew to abandon the vessel. They were picked up by the nearby tanker Resilient Warrior and subsequently airlifted to safety by the Portuguese Air Force.

The vessel had been en route to the Port of Davisville, R.I., from Emden, Germany with a shipment of...

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Car carrier — and Bentleys, Porsches and Lamborghinis — sinks

1 March 2022

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

21 February 2022

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

WHO drops pandemic bombshell; 2 more deaths…

12 January 2022

WHO drops pandemic bombshell; 2 more deaths…

Monaco

Good Morning Monaco – Wednesday, January 12, 2022

WHO drops pandemic bombshell
A leading World Health Organisation official said on Tuesday, January 11, that on present trends more than half of European residents will have been infected by the Omicron variant of coronavirus within two months…

Two more coronavirus deaths in Monaco Two residents, 91 and 100, have succumbed to coronavirus, the Government announced on the evening of Tuesday, January...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/01/12/who-drops-pandemic-bombshell-2-more-deaths/

UK travellers fear new French clampdown… plus more

24 June 2021

UK travellers fear new French clampdown… plus more

Monaco; the marina and at the centre the Yacht Club de Monaco

Good Morning Monaco – Thursday, June 24, 2021

UK travellers fear new French clampdown

Although the most recent French move on UK arrivals was a loosening of restrictions, enabling entry for double-jabbed travellers without a compelling reason, the tide has turned in the opposite direction.

Vaccinations and testing move to Au ditorium Rainier III
As the programme of summer events at the...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/06/24/uk-travellers-fear-new-french-clampdown-plus-more/