Cargo Ship Carrying New Vehicles to Mexico Sinks in the North Pacific Weeks After Catching Fire

The Morning Midas sank Monday in international water off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain, London-based Zodiac Maritime, said in a statement

Smoke rises from cargo vessel Morning Midas approximately 300 miles south of Adak, Alaska, on June 3, 2025, as the crew of a cargo ship carrying around 3,000 vehicles to Mexico, abandoned ship after they could not control a fire. U.S. Coast Guard/Courtesy Air Station Kodiak via AP

ANCHORAGE, Alaska—A cargo ship that had been delivering new vehicles to Mexico sank in the North Pacific Ocean, weeks after crew members abandoned the ship when they couldn’t extinguish an onboard fire that left the carrier dead in the water.

The Morning Midas sank Monday in international water off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain, the ship’s management company, London-based Zodiac Maritime, said in a statement.