MV Modern Express

The MV Modern Express was a Panama-registered car carrier that developed a list in the Bay of Biscay in January 2016, while carrying earthmoving equipment, trucks and logs.

On 26 January 2016, Modern Express was en route to Le Havre, France carrying 3,600 tons of earthmoving equipment, and logs.

Heavy winds caused it to develop a 40° list while sailing on the Bay of Biscay, 150 nautical miles off the coast of Spain.

An immediate rescue operation was needed because the ship, now adrift, was heading towards the French coast, carried by the strong current and wind.

[4] Maritime Executive, the ship's management, reported Modern Express's arrival in the shipbreaking port of Aliağa, Turkey, apparently confirming it would be scrapped rather than repaired.