Insurers are finalising a package of safety proposals aimed at combating containership fires, with a view to presenting them to the IMO to be mandated.
The measures are being drawn up by the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) in response to one of shipping’s biggest safety problems: boxship fires, which are currently occurring every two months.
The worst cases, such as the recent blaze on the 15,000-teu Maersk Honam (built 2017), have led to catastrophic results.
