Graeme Sharp
Aluminum
- Joined
- Jul 24, 2005
- Location
- Dorset, U.K.
I have read in the past a number of accounts of fire breaking out due to spontaneous combustion of the coal in the bunkers of coal fired steam ships. With the renewed interest in possible coal fired ships due to the high oil prices, I would be interested to learn what is the latest method of preventing bunker fires. I would also be interested to learn from any marine engineer what precautions were taken to prevent bunker fires when coal fired ships were more numerous.