At the recent International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) Conference, which is one of the biggest gatherings of marine underwriters, new measures for combatting fire safety were presented. Boxship fires, in particular, pose a huge problem and occur far too frequently and, IUMI has called for container operators to install firebreaks and sprinkler systems on all ships to help protect the lives of seamen and reduce the financial costs to insurers. The problem is whether the operators will...
http://www.sashippingnews.com/2018/10/08/boxship-blazes-to-be-contained/