Cruise ship focus of $10m 'acid rain' mystery
Bryan Littlely
Advertiser Adelaide, Australia
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Almost 1000 new cars have been deemed unfit for sale after being coated with acidic fallout believed to have come from a cruise ship docked at Port Adelaide last month.
At least seven car makers are investigating how car paintwork was damaged while the imported vehicles were on the wharf.
Initial estimates suggest compensation costs could run as high as $10 million.
Mitsubishi Motors was among the hardest hit, with at least 530 vehicles - including Lancers and other imported vehicles but no Adelaide-produced 380s - damaged by a mysterious acidic substance.
The vehicles were spattered with the substance, which is now creating black marks on the paintwork.
The fact P&O's Pacific Sky was docked at Port Adelaide near vehicle holding bays on February 11 was being investigated.
Mitsubishi Motors Australia spokesman Kevin Taylor said "We're not suing P&O." "We have some suspicions on what it probably might be, but at this stage we're not certain."
Mar 25, 2006
Bryan Littlely
Advertiser Adelaide, Australia
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Almost 1000 new cars have been deemed unfit for sale after being coated with acidic fallout believed to have come from a cruise ship docked at Port Adelaide last month.
At least seven car makers are investigating how car paintwork was damaged while the imported vehicles were on the wharf.
Initial estimates suggest compensation costs could run as high as $10 million.
Mitsubishi Motors was among the hardest hit, with at least 530 vehicles - including Lancers and other imported vehicles but no Adelaide-produced 380s - damaged by a mysterious acidic substance.
The vehicles were spattered with the substance, which is now creating black marks on the paintwork.
The fact P&O's Pacific Sky was docked at Port Adelaide near vehicle holding bays on February 11 was being investigated.
Mitsubishi Motors Australia spokesman Kevin Taylor said "We're not suing P&O." "We have some suspicions on what it probably might be, but at this stage we're not certain."
Mar 25, 2006
