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The MV ''Cougar Ace'' is a Singapore-flagged roll-on/roll-off car carrier vessel. The ''Cougar Ace'' was built by Kanasashi Co., of Toyohashi, Japan and launched in June 1993. Specifications cite a length of 199m, draft of 9.72m, beam of 32.26m and a maximum speed of . Her Gross Tonnage is 55,328. She is owned by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Cougar Ace )〕 On May 4, 2005, ''Cougar Ace'' delivered 5,214 automobiles at the Fraser River wharves in Richmond, British Columbia. This set a Canadian record for the most vehicles offloaded from a single ship. ==Loss of stability incident== On July 23, 2006, she was en route from Japan to Vancouver, British Columbia; Tacoma, Washington; and Port Hueneme, California, with a cargo of 4,812 vehicles. During an exchange of ballast water south of the Aleutian Islands, she lost stability and developed a 60-degree list to port. There were reports of a large wave striking the vessel during the ballast transfer, but it is unknown what effect this had on her loss of stability. On July 24, the United States Coast Guard and the 176th Wing of the Alaska Air National Guard successfully rescued the 23 crew members. 4,703 of the vehicles on board were Mazdas, with about 60% of these being the 2007 Mazda3s and 30% being Mazda CX-7 crossover SUVs. The remaining Mazdas were mainly RX-8s and MX-5s. According to Car and Driver magazine, the exact contents of the shipment were 2804 Mazda3s, 1329 CX-7s, 295 MX-5s, 214 RX-8s, 56 Mazda5s and 5 Mazdaspeed6s.〔 110 of the vehicles were not Mazdas, but Isuzu vehicles, mostly Isuzu Elf. The total cargo is said to have been valued at US$117 million. Later Mazda North America scrapped all of their vehicles that were on board the vessel during the incident. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MV Cougar Ace」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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