# Anyone expecting a Nissan from Japan? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 3, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anyone-expecting-a-nissan-from-japan/131911 "2019-01-03T18:15:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anyone-expecting-a-nissan-from-japan/131911/1 "2019-01-03T18:15:45Z")
It may be delayed. > **[Cargo Ship Carrying 3,500 Nissan Cars Ablaze and Adrift in the Pacific Ocean](https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/cargo-ship-carrying-3500-nissan-cars-ablaze-and-adrift-in-the-pacific-ocean/ar-BBRKHyU?li=BBnb7Kz)** > > Five mariners are feared dead after a catastrophic fire forced the crew to abandon ship. ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anyone-expecting-a-nissan-from-japan/131911/2 "2019-01-03T18:53:11Z")
> [@MikeInNH](#): > > [Anyone expecting a Nissan from Japan?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anyone-expecting-a-nissan-from-japan/131911) > It may be delayed. **Oh wow, what a tragic loss of life…** _Built in 2009, [the 650-foot Sincerity Ace](https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/SINCERITY-ACE-IMO-9519092-MMSI-351690000) is equipped to carry 6,400 cars. It’s owned by a Japanese company called Shoei Kisen Kaisha, which has already dispatched salvage tugs to the scene. It’s not clear whether they’ll reach the stricken ship before it sinks._ Also, watch out for more imported Asian **“flood cars”** to appear on lots in your neighborhood! _ **CSA** _ 🌴🕶🌴 ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anyone-expecting-a-nissan-from-japan/131911/3 "2019-01-04T15:11:22Z")
I think that so far it is still floating, but… > **[3,500 Nissans Are Floating Aimlessly In The Pacific Ocean](https://www.motor1.com/news/299500/sincerity-ace-car-carrier-adrift/)** > > The Sincerity Ace carrier is built in 2009 and is owned by Shoei Kisen Kaisha. It was headed to Hawaii and U.S. mainland ports with Nissans and other vehicles. > **[Cargo Ship Carrying 3,500 Nissan Cars Ablaze and Adrift in the Pacific Ocean](https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/cargo-ship-carrying-3500-nissan-cars-ablaze-and-adrift-in-the-pacific-ocean/ar-BBRKHyU?li=BBnbfcL)** > > Five mariners are feared dead after a catastrophic fire forced the crew to abandon ship. _ **CSA** _ 🌴🕶🌴 ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anyone-expecting-a-nissan-from-japan/131911/4 "2019-01-04T15:16:39Z")
Have these Nissans…gone Rogue? ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anyone-expecting-a-nissan-from-japan/131911/5 "2019-01-04T15:56:00Z")
> [@cdaquila](#): > > Have these Nissans…gone Rogue? **That’s punny! Ha, ha, ha…** 😂! _ **CSA** _ 🌴🕶🌴 ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anyone-expecting-a-nissan-from-japan/131911/6 "2019-01-04T17:13:11Z")
That was so bad I laughed after I groaned 😄 ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anyone-expecting-a-nissan-from-japan/131911/7 "2019-01-04T17:15:00Z")
Some how I don’t find the loss of 5 lives to be a joking subject . ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/anyone-expecting-a-nissan-from-japan/131911/8 "2019-01-04T18:12:57Z")
> [@VOLVO\_V70](#): > > Some how I don’t find the loss of 5 lives to be a joking subject . **Nobody that I know has joked about a loss of life.** > [@common\_sense\_answer](#): > > Oh wow, what a tragic loss of life… _ **CSA** _ 🌴🕶🌴