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原文传递 Hot take

题名：	Hot take
正文语种：	eng
摘要：	The fire on board car carrier Fremantle Highway that killed one seafarer and injured over 20 crew has again sparked debate around onboard fire safety and how to ship electric cars in a safer manner. While the investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing, it is speculated that lithium-ion batteries of the around 500 electric or hybrid vehicles, which were being shipped from Bremer-haven, Germany, to Port Said in Egypt and Singapore, fueled the fire due to thermal runway. Regardless of the cause, the fire, which broke out at sea, shows how inaccessible a car carrier is once a fire has started with the decks around the source of the fire, assumed to be on deck eight, being completely destroyed. With deck five having been empty, and the cargo below it intact, one lead of the lessons learnt might focus on creating a barrier to isolate electric cars. The incident is also a reminder to ports. Laurence Biard Tertois, a senior claims specialist for Energy and Marine Hull for insurer Allianz, said during Singapore Maritime Week in April that ports are "afraid to take in vessels as they have no confirmation of reimbursements" following an incident. Being based in Singapore, she has also noticed that the emergency responses in Singapore are not equipped to handle battery fires in port. Therefore, she called on the IMO to work on regulations for how to handle battery fires - related submissions to the IMO have been made in the past with the IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 105) agreeing to look into addressing the regulatory gap for those vehicles in 2022.
出版年：	2023
期刊名称：	Ports & harbors
卷：	68
期：	5
页码：	28-29