Abstract
Nowadays, all cargo (except dangerous goods) is loaded without consideration to the hazards they pose, opening the door to improvements from the fire prevention point of view by means of a custom and objective management of the units based on the potential hazards they involve. The technical approach presented here takes the systems currently used in parking lots, tunnels, tolls or logistics as starting point but applied to the maritime environment. Specifically, both Vehicle Hot Spot Detector (VHD) and Vehicle Dangerous Goods Detector (VDG) have been modified and extended with developments that now consider usual loading units in Ro-Pax, Ro-Ro and Vehicle Carrier ships. Also, a refactoring has been performed aiming at adapting the system to the environmental conditions in which it must work. The dates are used in cloud based new online stowage tools (Stowage Planning Tool) for loading optimization. This enables more safety on board.
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