Protection against any kind of incident is mandatory for a ship sailing through the vast oceans of the earth. While a ship is out at sea and it comes across any unwanted incident, the only way to save itself from much harm is when it has the equipment to fight off the incident. There are times when a small fire becomes the main reason for the greatest ship to be sunk to the depths of the ocean. Being unable to fight the smallest spark results in it to become string and huge enough to cause the greatest damage that goes down in history as the most ill fated ship of all times.

When a ship is sinking, not only is the merchandise on it at risk of being lost forever, but also the crew on beard lose their lives and most of the time, they too are never found. We still do not know what lies beneath all those layers of sea water and exploring it requires a huge budget that no single company can afford. Fire is the commonest issue that has come to light following the history of sunken ships mostly the huge ones. For small ship, the major cause is overloading causing the ship to break, spring a leak or lose its integrity all of a sudden while in the middle of the ocean causing the people on it drown.

Fires do break out on ships. They even break out at homes, offices and even in the cars that are thought to be very reliable. However, they are all on land and help can reach them quickly but in case of a ship sailing out miles away from land, help reaching in time is not something that can be guaranteed. Hence it is the obligation of the ship’s owner company to have it equipped with the CO2 & marine CO2 systems which will allow the ship’s staff to take over the fiery situation and be able to save more than just the burning ship.

While the systems do help in fighting the raging flames but there is a catch to it. The system is reliable as long as there is enough CO2 in the cylinders attached to it to cover every flame that has sprung on the ship. Using the ultrasonic liquid level indicator, one can easily measure the amount of CO2 gas in the cylinders and learn if there is enough gas to carry out the voyage. Note this gas isn’t fuel but the gas to fight off flames. If the pressure is found to be low, it is better to have the cylinders refilled before setting sail.