Cougar Ace's Sea Tragedy Leads to Mazda Vehicle Scrapping

Mazda Motor Corp. announced earlier that all Mazda vehicles from Cougar Ace, a car-carrying vessel would be scrapped. Said vessel nearly capsized off the Aleutian Islands in late July this year. Said Mazda vehicles are US and Canada-bound.

Cougar Ace was reported to sit listing at more than 60-degrees for about a month subsequent to the sea tragedy before it could be towed to the nearest port in Portland, Oregon. At the port, its cargoes were unloaded and the vessel undergone repairs.

At the time of the tragedy, Cougar Ace was carrying more than 4,700 Mazdas, more than half of which are Mazda 3s and about one-fourth are Mazda CX-7s. After the incident, Mazda announced that none of the Mazdas carried will be sold as new. The a View the rest of this article