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I guess 2015 couldn’t start with just good news. Sunday the [BBC](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-30673439) reported that a car transporter ship was grounded in the Solent deliberately after it began to list. According to the news channel:
>The Hoegh Osaka was run aground off the Isle of Wight on Saturday evening after developing problems once it had left Southampton, Ingar Skiaker, chief executive of Hoegh Autoliners said. The ship is now listing at more than 50 degrees and a salvage operation is expected to take several days. However, no oil is thought to have leaked from the ship.

Those of you familiar with the BMW/MINI delivery process know that Hoegh Autoliners is one of the shipping companies used to transport cars across the Pond. And from what we gather, it appears that 65 MINIs were on board at the time of the incident. While this is quite unfortunate, it is a relatively low number compare to the [1,200 vehicles Jaguar/Land Rover lost in the process](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-30677320). Although Oxford will probably shift production priorities to make up for the lost cars, US customers shouldn’t be directly affected by the incident as the ship’s original destination was Germany and the Middle-East.