Delica Canada | Mitsubishi Van Club

I hope this doesn't affect anyone here waiting for a vehicle, and if it does, I sure hope they have insurance...

http://www.canada.com/globaltv/national ... b0de12f11e

looks like it's a roll-on roll-off car carrier, the type used most commonly by importers of foreign vehicles, apparently carrying 5000 vehicles from Japan to Canada... :(

(on the bright side, it sounds like all the crew are ok!)

There was a second,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3739635.stm

Has anyone ever had shipping insurance ?

Having lived in Richmond for some time in the past I am familiar with these carriers - they usually only carry new cars. Most JDM imports come on container ships or tied down to ship decks.

John