Each incident in this growing list of car carrier fires provides crucial safety insights. Photo courtesy Netherlands CoastguardThe Fremantle Highway, a Japanese-owned car carrier with 3,783 vehicles aboard, caught fire on July 25, 2023, near Ameland, Netherlands. Grimaldi’s Höegh Xiamen was carrying 2,420 used vehicles on board when it caught fire in in Jacksonville, Florida, on June 4, 2020. “We found that used vehicles are often damaged and present an elevated risk of fire. Notable Mentions: Arc Independence and Höegh TransporterIn 2020, the U.S. Coast Guard investigated two car carrier fires in addition to the Höegh Xiamen fire.