航运业还没有准备好应对电动汽车带来的风险，原因如下

大多数货船都无法应对以“地狱号”闻名的高能火焰

作者：萨姆·史密斯

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虽然基础设施和产品本身在继续改善，但电动汽车的广泛应用还有一个方面尚未得到解决:海上运输。这是一个困扰每个人的问题，从保险公司到应急官员。就目前而言，似乎没有快速解决的办法。

这个问题被带回尖锐的现实，当货船弗里曼特尔高速公路在荷兰海岸着火携带498辆电动汽车。大火持续了几天才得到控制，车上的电动车数量可能对灭火工作产生了负面影响。报告不仅指出这场大火源于一辆电动汽车的电池，还指出电动汽车的数量增加了消防员控制的难度。

电动汽车火灾并不是什么新问题，世界各地的消防队员不得不更新他们的技术和设备，以更好地应对失控的锂火灾。据国际消防和救援服务协会的文章，扑灭一场特斯拉大火需要多达40，000加仑的水.

然而，当涉及到通过海上运输电动汽车时，事实证明，该行业对意外情况的准备不足。根据一份来自路透社的报告，许多船只上安装的消防设备不能胜任电动汽车火灾的任务。锂离子电池火灾不仅燃烧的能量是普通火灾的两倍，而且还会经历热失控。

在陆地上点火要简单得多。在孤立火灾的情况下，消防队员能够挖掘水坑，将燃烧的汽车倒入其中。在火车运输的情况下，轨道车可以隔离，在路上，卡车可以靠边。但是，对于消防员来说，使用正确的个人防护装备和正确的设备来处理船舶火灾要困难得多。大多数滚装/滚卸汽车运载工具的拥挤限制加剧了这一困难。

短期内，汽车制造商和船主的保险费用可能会上涨。从长远来看，国际海事组织将评估运输电动汽车船只的新措施。

正在讨论的一些降低风险的选项包括新的化学物质来灭火，专门的电动汽车灭火毯，刺穿电池的消防软管喷嘴，以及隔离电动汽车的建议。在此之前，海上运输电动汽车的风险将继续困扰海员。

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The Shipping World Isn’t Ready For The Risk EVs Pose, And Here’s Why

Most cargo ships can't handle the higher energy fires that EV infernos are known for

by Sam D. Smith

12 hours ago

While the infrastructure and products themselves continue to improve, there’s one aspect of widespread electric car adoption that has yet to be figured out: sea transport. It’s an issue troubling everyone, from insurers to emergency response officials. And for the moment, there seems to be no quick fix in sight.

The issue was brought back into sharp reality when the cargo ship Fremantle Highway caught fire off the Dutch coast carrying 498 EVs. The blaze continued for several days before it could be controlled, and the number of electric vehicles on board could have negatively impacted efforts to extinguish the fire. Reports not only suggest that the inferno originated in the battery of an electric car but that the number of EVs made it more challenging for firefighters to control.

Electric vehicle fires are no new concern, with fire crews worldwide having to update their techniques and equipment to be better prepared for a runaway lithium blaze. According to an article by the International Association of Fire and Rescue Services, it can take as much as 40,000 gallons of water to extinguish a burning Tesla.

However, when it comes to transporting EVs via sea, it turns out that the industry is less prepared for the unexpected. According to a report from Reuters, the firefighting equipment installed on many ships just isn’t up to the task of an EV fire. Not only can lithium-ion battery fires burn with twice the energy of a normal fire, but they can also experience thermal runaway.

An EV fire on land is a far less complicated exercise. In the case of an isolated fire, firefighters are able to dig pits of water and dump burning cars into them. In the case of train transport, rail cars can be isolated, and on the road, trucks can pull over. But ship fires are far trickier for firefighters to access in the correct PPE and with the right equipment. The difficulty is compounded by the tightly-packed confines of most roll-on/roll-off auto carriers.

In the short term, insurance costs for automakers and vessel owners are likely to rise. In the long time, the International Maritime Organization is set to evaluate new measures for ships transporting EVs.

Some options being discussed to mitigate risk include new chemicals to douse flames, specialized EV fire blankets, battery-piercing fire hose nozzles, and proposals to segregate EVs. Until then, the risk of transporting EVs via sea will continue to trouble seafarers.

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