STARRS Study on AFV Fire Safety on Ro-Ro Ships Published
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EMSA has published the first report in the STARRS (Safe Transport of AFVs on Ro-Ro Ships) study series. The study provides a technical and regulatory review of the regulatory landscape governing safe transportation of Alternative Fuel Vehicles on ro-ro ships, and reviews experimental findings on fire safety including prior research on numerical modelling and simulations. This is the first part of a multi-part study series focused on AFV fire safety in maritime environments.
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EMSA published the first report in the STARRS study series, providing a technical and regulatory review of the regulatory landscape for safe transportation of Alternative Fuel Vehicles on ro-ro ships. The study reviews state-of-the-art experimental findings on fire safety in ro-ro spaces and presents prior research on numerical modelling and simulations. Ro-ro ship operators, maritime classification societies, and shipping companies transporting electric vehicles or other alternative fuel vehicles should monitor subsequent parts of this study series, as findings may inform future regulatory guidance on AFV fire safety measures aboard vessels.
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Safe transport of AFVs on ro-ro ships study published
Tags Alternative Fuels
- Published 15.01.2026
- Updated 14.01.2026
EMSA has published the first report in the Safe Transport of AFVs on Ro-Ro Ships (STARRS) study series. The study aims to provide scientific and technical knowledge on fire safety of Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFVs) on board ships.
The new report, the first part of the study series, is a technical and regulatory review which provides an overview of the regulatory landscape governing the safe transportation of AFVs, reviews and summarises state-of-the-art of experimental findings on fire safety of AFVs in ro-ro spaces (including prior research on numerical modelling and simulations) and presents conclusions from the review.
Find out more about EMSA’s work on the transport of alternative fuel vehicles.
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