Many fires at sea are being caused by…
Many fires at sea are being caused by the cargo – not the ships operations. The Maersk Honam lost 25% of its crew to one such fire. Complex rules means that labeling of containers is both wrong and sometimes dangerous. A survey showed about 55% of the 500 containers examined were potential fire hazards and 69% had cargo that was either not properly secured or lacked labels on the cases. (No word on how the 500 containers were selected.)
