LASH FIRE – Legislative Assessment for Safety Hazards of Fire and Innovations in Ro-ro ship Environment

Gefördert in: Horizon 2020 der Europäischen Union
Zeitraum: 01.09.2019 – 31.08.2023
Budget / Förderung: 13.479.771,15 € / 12.209.148,34 €
Link: https://lashfire.eu/

Ro-ro ships are an important component of the global transportation system, but an increasing trend of ro-ro ship fires in recent years call for improved fire protection. From comprehensive ship operators’ experience and by participation in ongoing work for the European Maritime Safety Agency and the International Maritime Organization (IMO), critical aspects of ro-ro ship fire safety have been identified to form the scope of the project LASH FIRE. It aims to provide a recognized technical basis for the revision of international IMO regulations, which greatly enhances fire prevention and ensures management of fires on ro-ro ships without recourse to external intervention. This is done by developing and demonstrating operational and design solutions which strengthen the fire protection of ro-ro ships in all stages of a fire and which address current and future challenges, including regulatory issues. Twenty specific challenges have been identified, which will be addressed by new solutions developed and demonstrated with regards to performance and ship integration feasibility by system suppliers, researchers, ship owners and shipyards. For the solutions to be considered for regulatory uptake, their impact on risk reduction and cost will be assessed and advisory groups with operators and flag states will be established. Thereby, the project is expected to significantly strengthen the independent fire protection of ro-ro ships and to reduce the frequency of ro-ro ship fires by 35% and the number of fatalities by 45%.

Konsortium

KürzelOrganisationLand
RISERISE RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN AB
Schweden
VTTTeknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy Finland
FRNRISE FIRE RESEARCH AS Norwegen
FLOWFLOW SHIP DESIGN DOO ZA PROJEKTIRANJE, KONZALTING I INZENJERING U BRODOGRADNJI Kroatien
MARMARIOFF CORPORATION OY Finland
UNFUNIFIRE AKTIEBOLAG Schweden
CMTCENTER OF MARITIME TECHNOLOGIES gGmbHDeutschland
BV BUREAU VERITAS MARINE & OFFSHORE REGISTRE INTERNATIONAL DE CLASSIFICATION DE NAVIRES ET DE PLATEFORMES OFFSHOREFrankreich
APSAP SENSING GMBH Deutschland
STL

Stena Rederi AB Schweden
INF EUROPEAN FERRY COMPANY Belgien
SEASHIPYARDS AND MARITIME EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATION OF EUROPE Belgien
SCK SICK AG Deutschland
NTNU NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU Norwegen
SAS SOCIEDAD DE SALVAMENTO Y SEGURIDAD MARITIMA Spanien
CIM CENTRE INTERNACIONAL DE METODES NUMERICS EN ENGINYERIA Spanien
MAG MAGELLAN-ASSOCIACAO PARA A REPRESENTACAO DOS INTERESSES PORTUGUESES NO EXTERIOR Portugal
LUL UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE Frankreich
NSR NTNU SAMFUNNSFORSKNING AS Norwegen
FKW FIKE SAFETY TECHNLOGY LIMITEDVereinigtes Königreich
RS2N RS2N Frankreich
UAC UNIACCESSFrankreich
UCY UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS Zypern
DFDS DFDS AS Dänemark
F4M FIFI4MARINE BV Niederlande
HAL HOEGH AUTOLINERS AS Norwegen

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 814975