Deadly container ship fires finally spurring carrier action

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Deadly container ship fires finally spurring carrier action

| Jul 16, 2018 7:00AM EDT
It’s now an unavoidable fact that the precautions traditionally taken to avoid container ship fires — such as ensuring that stowage plans comply with dangerous goods guidelines and carriers scan bills of lading for keywords indicating the possibility of misdeclared cargoes — are failing to adequately mitigate the risk to crews, cargoes, and ships.
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