The world-leading maritime insurance company Allianz reported 178 vessels were lost due to fire/explosion between Jan - Dec in 2021, generalising that is one every second day. Fires at sea are increasing by almost 10% year on year. I hope to estimate the dollar value of these costs to propose research in maritime firefighting technology.
While you're collecting information, keep a tally of how many of these were the result of transporting lithium batteries. https://mariners.coastguard.blog/2022/03/16/marine-safety-alert-lithium-battery-fire/
Read the story about Lloyd's of London and the Lutine Bell. Originally, they rang the bell when a ship sunk. This became so depressing that they now ring the bell when an overdue ship arrives safely in port. The practice may have inspired Hemingway's 1940 novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls. For inspiration, listen to Gordon Lightfoot's Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald, "The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead when the skies of November turn gloomy..."
After seeking technical material or any information about fires in automobiles with lithium batteries, for a photovoltaic inverters room project, I received this important article by the Confederation of Fire Protection Associations Europe (CFPA-Europe) with an extensive field test with electric cars in a vessel.
The final report with all conclusions will be published soon (as we all expect) but meanwhile I send you the link of the first analysis report by DBI - Danish Institute of Fire and Security Technology.
Hope it can be useful for you.
https://cfpa-e.eu/new-knowledge-about-battery-fires-in-electric-cars-on-ferries/
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