Cargo ship carrying new vehicles to Mexico sinks in the North Pacific weeks after catching fire
June 24, 2025
More troubles for the cargo ship that caught fire earlier this month off Alaska’s Aleutian Island chain. Officials report the Morning Midas sank Monday. The ship caught on fire June 3, and all 22 crewmembers abandoned ship in a lifeboat. They were rescued by a nearby vessel. Fire damage, bad weather and water seepage caused the ship to go down. The U.S. Coast Guard says there’s no visible pollution but both they and the ship’s management company have ships on site in case that changes. The ship was carrying about 3,000 cars to a major Pacific port in Mexico when it caught fire. It’s not clear if any of the cars were taken off the ship before it sank.
