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WSC program to detect dangerous goods and prevent ship fires

WSC program to detect dangerous goods and prevent ship fires

by Mariska Buitendijk | Sep 15, 2025 | Digitalisation, Maritime accidents, News, Shipping

The World Shipping Council (WSC) is launching the Cargo Safety Program, an industry-led initiative to detect misdeclared and undeclared dangerous goods. This is to prevent ship fires, protect crews, vessels, customers’ cargo, and the marine environment. The program...
IUMI updates risk mitigation for transporting EVs on ships

IUMI updates risk mitigation for transporting EVs on ships

by Mariska Buitendijk | Sep 4, 2025 | Maritime accidents, Maritime regulations, News, Shipping

The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has updated its best practice and recommendations for the safe carriage of electric vehicles (EVs). Among other things, IUMI advocates requirements for state of charge and to double the CO2 firefighting capacity on...
IUMI updates risk mitigation for transporting EVs on ships

ABS EV battery fire simulation models thermal runaway

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 9, 2025 | Digitalisation, Maritime accidents, Maritime research, News, Shipping

ABS has developed advanced simulation modelling of thermal runaway in lithium-ion battery fires, in a critical step forward in tackling one of maritime’s biggest emergent safety risks. The model, which has now been validated with Texas A&M University research,...
Green Instruments to supply detectors to shipyard to reduce ship fires

Green Instruments to supply detectors to shipyard to reduce ship fires

by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 1, 2023 | Maritime accidents, News, Shipping

Green Instruments has entered into a major agreement with Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding for the delivery of equipment that markedly minimises the risk of shipboard fires. The equipment detects oil mist and vapour on ships and triggers an alarm before fires can develop....
Scrap metal fire extinguished, but vessel sinks

Scrap metal fire extinguished, but vessel sinks

by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 24, 2023 | Maritime accidents, News, Shipping, SWZ|Maritime

Masters and crew should be aware of the most efficient fire fighting methods on their ship and quickly be able to put these into practice. The Nautical Institute gives this advice in its latest Mars Report, in which a vessel sank after a scrap metal fire. The Nautical...
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