Ship carrying hundreds of Porsches and Bentleys catches fire near Azores

FILE PHOTO: A new logo of German carmaker Volkswagen is unveiled at the VW headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

BERLIN/LISBON (Reuters) -A ship carrying Porsches, Audis and Bentleys from Germany to the United States has caught fire near the coast of Portugal's Azores islands in the Atlantic ocean, a spokesperson for carmaker Volkswagen said on Friday.

The Panama-flagged ship was travelling from Emden, Germany - where Volkswagen has a factory - to Davisville in the United States, based on the Maritime Traffic website.