Fires on ro-ro passenger vehicle decks

As part of its winter analysis, the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) published a position paper on the risk of fires on board ro-ro passenger vehicle decks, which we detail here

The deadly fires aboard the ferries Norman Atlantic just before New Year 2014 and Sorrento in April 2015 prompted an international response from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in May 2015. The number of fire incidents on ro-ro passenger vehicle decks had already been examined by the IMO Correspondence Group on Casualty Analysis in 2012, noting that there “is no sign of these (fires) diminishing”. This trend is also confirmed through accident analysis performed by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA).