Electric vehicle (EV) fires are especially difficult to control and fully extinguish, which raises serious concerns for operators and crews of pure car/truck carriers (PCTCs) in particular.

With a large vested interest in the sector as a classification and technical body, Korean Register (KR) has issued a report addressing fire safety on such vessels transporting EVs.

KR hosted a hazard identification (HAZID) workshop earlier this year, drawing in experts from various fields, not least shipowners and shipbuilders and the National Fire Research Institute, to discuss fire safety management of EVs on vehicle carriers.