Alabama is the No. 3 auto-exporting state, behind Michigan and South Carolina.
None of the state manufactured cars are shipped through the Alabama Port of Mobile, increasing the odds that there could be some on board the ship that is sitting sideways (or upside down as later photos appear to show) off the state of Georgia.
We do know that Mercedes ships autos from their plant in Vance through the Port of Brunswick, from which the sinking ship departed early this morning with a cargo of 4,200 vehicles.
Four crew members are missing. A small fire on the ship early in the day Sunday complicated a search for the missing crew.
[UPDATE Monday 9-9-19: The missing crew members are South Korean.]
UPDATE: Crew members are alive in ship.
UPDATE: CBS reports all four missing crew members were found and are OK.
UPDATE: The ship is owned by the South Korean company Hyundi Glovis, which also operates in Montgomery.
None of the state manufactured cars are shipped through the Alabama Port of Mobile, increasing the odds that there could be some on board the ship that is sitting sideways (or upside down as later photos appear to show) off the state of Georgia.
"This month also saw the export of Mercedes vehicles from Brunswick to China on a new service operated by K-Line. The carmaker is moving M-, GL- and R-Class models built at the carmaer’s Vance plant in Alabama to ports in Xingang, Xinsha, Shanghai and Hong Kong." (Source is 2010 story HERE.)
Four crew members are missing. A small fire on the ship early in the day Sunday complicated a search for the missing crew.
[UPDATE Monday 9-9-19: The missing crew members are South Korean.]
UPDATE: Crew members are alive in ship.
UPDATE: CBS reports all four missing crew members were found and are OK.
UPDATE: The ship is owned by the South Korean company Hyundi Glovis, which also operates in Montgomery.
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