One of the biggest challenges faced by shipping companies today is to safely ship inflammable items. Petrol, crude oil, diesel, furnace oil, chemicals and many other things those are highly sensitive and likely to catch fire at the slightest spark need to be handled with extreme precaution when transporting. Many transport ships have been set ablaze due to their cargo. The smallest mistake caused the greatest mishap and besides monetary loss, there was a great loss of human lives as well. Most of the crew had to jump overboard to save their lives and unfortunately they drowned, and most of the others were reported to have been badly hurt due to thermal injuries or burnt to their last breath.
While such cargo is a huge risk to carry, it cannot be denied transportation by the companies. They however need to take care of the security concerns and have a good fire suppression system installed such as the
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