No matter what happens, you cannot fight fire without having the right suppression system. The transport ships of today are assigned numerous tasks. While they may be shipping household goods in one container, the other one would be filled with chemicals. There is no line on which the goods are categorized but based upon the urgency of the delivery; the goods are stacked on the first ship that becomes available. It is now the task of the ship owner and the ship’s crew to ensure safety of the goods that is being carried on it. Any mishap would be held accountable against them and not to mention, if their safety is endangered, that too would be a fault based due to their negligence.

Fires can erupt in any place without a warning. If there is a huge engine gulping gallons of fuel in a single sip, and there is a huge web of wires carrying hundreds of volts in them, there is a huge risk of facing the ugly picture due to minimum negligence. Hence in order to assist the humans in fighting against fire, it is now essential to have a fire suppression system installed and functional without a flaw in every ship. The fire suppression system is the one responsible to put out fire the moment it starts to emerge. What agent may be used for the process is up to the ship owner or the management to decide. The CO2 & marine CO2 systems are one of the most trusted because CO2 is known to kill the flames very easily.

Carbon dioxide is known to be heavier than oxygen. Hence it is also capable of pushing it aside when released with great force. This is what the CO2 does when used for fighting fire. The moment it is released, it starts pushing aside the oxygen molecules from the area and takes its place. This act definitely reduces the oxygen level in the area and the flames get less access to its fuel, oxygen. When there is no fuel (oxygen) to feed upon, the fire eventually loses strength and dies. CO2 is released with great pressure from the cylinders holding it. As the gas is released, the pressure inside the cylinders is lessened. While these cylinders may seem to be exactly the same as before, the ultrasonic liquid level indicator indicates the actual amount of gas present in them. Hence it is extremely essential to check the level of every cylinder right after the gas has been released.