Marine Loss Control - Safe Ocean Transportation of New Electric Vehicles
Read more about how Li-ion batteries function, their primary failure mode, and current risk mitigation best practices for shipment of EVs aboard RoRos.
The growing volume of Electric Vehicles (EVs) being shipped via ocean transportation, and the challenges of fighting an EV-involved fire at sea have raised industry safety concerns, with EVs being linked to several recent high-profile fires aboard RoRos. While the circumstances of these losses vary, and the potential involvement of EVs and the Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery packs is not established, Li-ion battery-powered EVs present unique risks that were not commonly encountered aboard vessels until recently.