Cargo-related container ship fires are on the rise in 2019, with reported incidents averaging every 30 days and bucking the twenty plus year frequency of roughly every 60 days, which highlights the need to galvanise actions to improve safety, according to data provided by insurer TT Club.
While full details of the incidents this year will take time to be confirmed, too many have been reliably reported to concern shipments of charcoal, the Club said, which has proved troublesome for the shipping...
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