- Morning Midas was transporting about 3,000 cars from several Chinese automakers, including Chery and Great Wall Motor, according to Bloomberg.
- Great Wall Motor had about 140 vehicles on board, but none of them were EVs.
The Morning Midas car carrier, which caught fire on Tuesday and was abandoned in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, was carrying cars from several Chinese automakers, Bloomberg reported today, citing people familiar with the matter.
The cargo ship was transporting about 3,000 vehicles from a range of automakers, including Chery and Great Wall Motor, to Mexico at the time of the fire, according to the report.
Sources said it is currently unclear which brand's electric vehicle (EV) caught fire, according to Bloomberg.
A source said Great Wall Motor had around 140 vehicles on board, but none of them were battery EVs, and these vehicles were not on the deck where the fire occurred, the report noted, adding that a representative from Chery declined to comment.
The Morning Midas departed from Yantai, Shandong province, in eastern China, where there is also a SAIC-GM factory producing the Buick Envision model, the report noted.
The charterer of the cargo ship is Anji Logistics, a subsidiary of SAIC Motor, Bloomberg said, citing a local media report.
The Morning Midas is a 46,800-ton car carrier built by China's Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry in 2006.
The vessel caught fire off the coast of Alaska on Tuesday while carrying about 3,000 vehicles, including 800 EVs, according to Zodiac Maritime, the ship's management company.
The 22 crew members safely evacuated after failing to extinguish the fire, said London- headquartered Zodiac.
Smoke was initially seen rising from the deck loaded with EVs, Zodiac said.
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