Case Studies
Real deployments, measured outcomes, and what we learned. Where client identity is under NDA, the operating profile is preserved.
Inside a Class-Witnessed Test Program
In a class-witnessed test, surveyors stage the events, run the clock and judge against their own band. What that takes, and where RoRoSAFE stands today.
Reefer-Socket Monitoring Pilot: Ro-Pax Results
48 reefer sockets on a short-sea ro-pax, one season. Two high-resistance joints found under load — neither tripped a breaker, as the physics predicts.
Commodore Clipper: The Alarm Reset 7 Times
A reefer plug ignited on a Condor ro-pax in 2010. Detection worked — 16 sensors, 81 alarms. The crew read a fault, silenced it, and lost 17 minutes.
June Aster: Thirty Minutes to the Water
A cargo-hold explosion under a passenger deck killed 77 on the June Aster off Coron, 9 Sept 2026. Blackout took PA and VHF; the master jumped 30 min in.
Lisco Gloria: The Drencher That Gave No Water
The 2010 Lisco Gloria fire was detected within minutes and the drencher started — it delivered no water, and a 199 m DFDS ro-pax became a total loss.
Honor: Thirty-Seven Minutes to CO₂
The 2017 Honor fire is the fastest documented CO₂ release on a car carrier — alarm 0302, gas 0339. It emptied the ship's CO₂ and still cost $700,000.
Pearl of Scandinavia: The First EV Fire at Sea
In November 2010 a converted Nissan charging on a DFDS car deck caught fire off Kullen. The drencher killed it in minutes; the lessons waited 15 years.
MSC Flaminia: Ten Days in the Sun
DVB80 booked for a warm-month sailing, then left standing in the sun. Three crew died — and the owner, operator and carrier bore no liability.
Al Salam Boccaccio 98: Sunk by Firewater
A car-deck fire the crew fought. Blocked scuppers held the water, free surface took the stability, and 1,031 of 1,418 aboard were lost.