Thousands of Mazdas stranded on Pacific ship
Friday, July 28th, 2006From (motoring.co.za):
Vancouver, British Columbia - The fate of thousands of Mazda cars was uncertain this week after the ship carrying them to North America rolled on its side in the Pacific Ocean.
The Cougar Ace rolled sideways when the massive ship’s ballast tank was adjusted.
The automaker had 4700 vehicles aboard the automobile carrier Cougar Ace that began taking on water on Sunday and listed so heavily that the 23 crew had to be rescued by the US Coast Guard.
The 199.3m Mitsui O.S.K. Lines ship was still afloat on Wednesday with its keel and propeller out of the water and did not appear to be sinking
A Coast Guard cutter was standing by near the Cougar Ace, about 370km south of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, and waiting for a salvage ship to arrive.
That sucks, I guess you probably want to stay away from any 2007 Mazdas 3 series or CX7s for a while.
