Bureau Veritas (BV) will participate in a consortium that will deliver a Formal Safety Assessment study on Container Ship fires to the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA).
Led by the Danish Institute of Fire and Security Technology (DBI), the project aims to identify cost-effective risk control options for cargo fires on board container vessels.
Considering the constant increase in container ship sizes and the frequency of fire originating in containers, the Formal Safety Assessment study will quantitatively assess the fire risks on board container ships and evaluate new fire safety measures by comparing the risk reductions and the associated costs.
The project has been awarded to a consortium led by the Danish Institute of Fire and Security Technology (DBI) supported by Research Institutes of Sweden AB (RISE), the University of Southern Denmark (SUD), the Odense Maritime Technology A/S (OMT) and the Classification Society Bureau Veritas.
An online kick-off meeting took place in January and work is already progressing at full steam, with a series of four online Hazard Identification workshops led by DBI and covering all possible fire safety areas:
- Prevention
- Detection and alarm
- Containment
- Firefighting.
The study is expected to be finalised in February 2023 and the results are to be presented to the International Maritime Organisation.
This study will be a meaningful step forward in ensuring fire safety on board container ships
Laurent Leblanc, Senior Vice President Technical & Operations at Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore, commented.
