Cargo ship fire strands thousands of U.S.-bound VW Group vehicles in Atlantic Ocean

February 17, 2022 10:18 PM

A huge auto transport ship that regularly delivers Porsches, Audis, Bentleys, Volkswagens from Europe to the U.S. is on fire and adrift in the Atlantic Ocean.

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