News / Li-ion batteries pose a risk to freight ro-ro services

Grande America, Grimaldi Lines. Photo: VesselFinder

Lithium-ion (li-ion) battery fires on board containerships have already claimed a couple of high-profile victims, the X-Press Pearl and perhaps the Maersk Honam.

Less well understood, but still a great threat, is the risk posed by electric vehicles (EVs), which are stacked full of li-ion batteries, to car carriers, or the risks involved in the carriage of used EVs on ro-pax vessels.

The loss of the Felicity Ace in the Atlantic last year could well be a wake-up call to potential hazards ...