by Jacob Munk Plum, Lead Surveyor, Electrotechnical Systems, Lloyd’s Register
Lloyd’s Register will give a brief overview of the current battery rules for ships, and present how those have been applied in a real conversion project, the ForSea ferry TYCHO BRAHE and the related discussions on fire safety.
This session is from the meeting: "Fire (safety) at Sea".
Fire at sea is a hot topic - especially now with both the use of battery power for propulsion and with the carriage of batteries at sea, as the emerging risk of a battery fire is becoming an increasing concern for the maritime community.
The potential danger which lithium-ion batteries can pose, whether in battery rooms for propulsion, inside electric vehicles or transported as standalone cargos, including the risk of a battery fire if they are not handled, stored, or transported correctly, is a very relevant hazard and even more so while at sea onboard ships.
The above challenges plus many others have considered in the recently published reports of DBI’s ELBAS (Electric Vehicle Fires at Sea) and the CARGOSAFE study (addressing how to develop new proposals to reduce the risk of fires on container ships) carried out by DBI. Regulators and class are also working on new guidance, recommendation, and regulations for best practices in the area, such as the Lloyd’s Registers Rules for Ships .
Come and hear about the conclusion and recommendations of ELBAS and CARGOSAFE, how battery projects are handled by Class as well as hear latest developments in battery fire safety in maritime industry and gain insight into this challenging area.
