A recent fire safety study conducted by Survitec, a provider of Survival Technology solutions, has uncovered shortcomings in traditional firefighting techniques for combating methanol-based fires on conventional vessels.
The study, which included extensive fire tests on dual-fuel marine engines using both diesel oil (DO) and methanol, comes amid increasing interest in methanol as a viable alternative marine fuel.
“Our tests confirm that traditional water mist fire suppression mechanisms do not...
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