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It becomes apparently pretty damn quickly, luckily a ship of that size doesn't usually sink fast enough to take the tug down before they can disconnect. There is usually a means of egress for water to prevent exactly that from happening.  If the holding tanks (zero emissions ships have them)...

Last shots of the Felicity Ace before she sank.  That fire tore her ass up.  

I knew it would.  Only matter of time.

The dollar figure alone will be staggering, but the repercussions following this will be equally high.  Firefighting systems need to be re-thought to deal with these lithium-ion batteries.  The insurance side will also need a lot of re-vamping on the part of the insurers.

She's still burning...

Yes, and each car has tie down points built in.  Every car is lashed and chalked thoroughly before departure.  

Depends on who will allow it in.  I've heard Portugal or the Bahamas.  Azores can't, ship is too big it would block the dock for other ships needed for trade.

They are saying the lithium-ion batteries could have been the cause, and it probably was.  The new types of batteries could pose an issue to an industry that is usually 15 years behind the times.   She is still burning, salvage team on their way tow it somewhere.  This will definitely create...

Alright I will see if I can shed some light: Firefighting systems: The cargo decks on those ships have heat and smoke senors, and a sprinkler system which uses salt water from the ships fire pumps that supply it.  The ventilation on those decks are massive, but when a fire breaks out first...

Do you all want me to chime in here, or do you guys want to keep theorizing?