Magnolia Ace

Thamesphil · Jul 31, 2009

An interesting photo, but over 9,000 vehicles!! (EEK)

There is no car carrier currently in the World that can load that many cars. The MAGNOLIA ACE's capacity was actually around 4,000 units so, assuming she was fully loaded, I imagine that just over 4,000 vehicles were destroyed.
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Phil

jerome morris · Jul 31, 2009

Are the cars still aboard?

Thamesphil · Jul 31, 2009

Nope. The incident was in 1994 and, as beverlonian states, the vessel is pictured in Jan 1995 off the beach at Alang awaiting the breakers torch.

Phil

6283 · Aug 1, 2009

Was the cause of the fire determined?

Harley Crossley · Aug 1, 2009

Unlikely, but surely the capacity depends on the size of the cars, how about 9000 Smart Cars? Brmm Brummm----

lgrania02 · Aug 3, 2009

I did hear the the greatest marine casualty in financial terms was a collision between two car carriers, one full of Toyotas, somewhere to the west of the Gibralta Strait in which both sank. Is it true?

beverlonian · Aug 3, 2009

The figure of over 9,000 cars was what was stated at the time, I have no way of verifying but had no reason to disbelieve. The people who purchased the vessel for scrap had big problems with Indian Customs who at one stage wanted to charge import duty for each vehicle, even though they were all completely burnt out. The fire was put out by the salvage vessel Salvanguard. I was on board Salvaliant who took the tow to Alang. Cause of the fire was stated as electrical fault in one of the vehicles. I have some other internal photos somewhere which I'll post later.

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