Fighting electric fires on ferries

Tests conducted by the EU’s LASH FIRE project show that conventional seawater drencher systems can effectively contain battery electric vehicle fires onboard vessels “BEVs are no more hazardous than ICEVs, yet the risks of Li-ion batteries differ to those of conventional fuels”

By Johan Roos, Interferry
Johan Roos is director of regulatory affairs at Interferry
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Over the past decade, the number of fires occurring on the decks of ro-ro ferries has been closely monitored by Interferry, the shipping association representing the global ferry industry. In most cases, the fires have been attributed to an electrical...

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