Fire safety management is a critical issue for those in maritime industries.

Maritime fires are reported by insurance bodies and academics as the most common safety incident to occur on board a seagoing vessel. The threat of fire is increasing with the rapid global uptake of Energy Storage Systems (ESS) for planes, cars and submarines. For shipping management, the large Ro-ro vessels have seen a number of recent losses assumed to be a result of the higher volume of EV power-dense lithium-ion batteries. This affects international business and stakeholders on a global environment and economic scale.

Hi Sarah,

This may interest you.

Hopefully over the break I will write about Li-ion powered ships.

Regards,

Ian

An idea would be ship with small or limited crew. How that would change the:

1. Design of the vessel,

2. Operations, including cost of the vessel, and

3. Maintenance and life cycle of the vessel.

Of course, maritime resilience or maritime supply chain resilience after the lesson of Covid-19.