According to MundoMaritimo:

In 2025, container ship fires are continuing to occur, since annual volume of shipments is coming close to 250 million containers, the outcome still draws concerns. To illustrate, the fire impacts environment and businesses, and the amount of loss can be hundreds of thousands of millions of dollars, not to mention people related who were impacted.

Gard noted that the analysis found out that lithium-ion batteries are one of the main reasons that cause fires of the year, since they would worsen the fire even if it’s not the origin of it, therefore make the situation of fire tough to control. Moreover, as a result of some loads were not declared as “dangerous loads”, which could significantly cause fire, shipping lines developed measures like the digital cargo control tool, which was launched this year, can offer assistances such as analyzing bookings through keywords, trade patterns and AI algorithms. Gard noted that this may help operators discover unsafe situations easier, and warn each other quicker.

Gard表示，分析发现锂离子电池是引发年度火灾的主要原因之一，即使锂离子电池不是火源，也会加剧火势，从而使火灾状况难以控制。此外，由于部分货物未被认定为“危险货物”，这些货物可能引发严重火灾，航运公司推出了许多措施，如今年开发的数字货物控制工具等，能够提供辅助作用，如通过关键词、贸易模式和人工智能算法分析预订数据等。加德指出，这有助于操作员更容易发现危险情况，并更快地互相警告。

Furthermore, ships and their crews are required to own the ability to find related unsafe situations and suppress fires. IMO is currently evaluating the benefit of portable thermal cameras, fixed water monitors for ships and water protection system, these would be used in 2032 if approved, which also brought concerns about the cost to implement using these equipment.

In past times, the industry kept working on solving problems of fire from many fronts, however, it is still a tough challenge to handle with. Therefore, we also hope that more solutions can be addressed by the industry in the coming year to ensure the safety of cargo, equipment and crews. Therefore, one of the most crucial things is to be cautious with dangerous loads during transporting.

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