The Vehicle Carrier Safety Forum, a consortium of vessel operators, insurers and other industry experts, initiated in 2020, whose role is to promote safety on vessels designed to carry vehicles, has published its second industry good practice guidelines entitled ‘Fire Response – High Leve Guidelines’. These guidelines have been designed to reduce the risk to the safety of crews, passengers, the environment, the vessel and the cargo in responding to vehicle fires onboard PCCs, PCTCs, RoRo and Ro-Pax vessels. For details, please find attached the guidance.

The guidelines are supported by industry bodies the International Group of P&I Clubs, the International Chamber of Shipping and the TT Club. These guidelines are intended to be used by vessel operators when considering their own fire response policies and procedures with a particular emphasis on using existing fixed firefighting systems to control vehicle fires early in their development.