Lithium-Ion Battery Safety on Ships – e-Learning Course (ABS-approved)

Purpose and overview

Lithium-ion batteries power many items of equipment, from smartphones and laptops to electric vehicles and cargo. While offering many benefits, lithium-ion batteries can also pose significant hazards if handled improperly.

The Lithium-Ion Battery Safety on Ships e-learning course provides maritime professionals with the knowledge and skills to mitigate risks and ensure safe operations. This course focuses on the hazards and risks associated with lithium-ion batteries on board ships, enabling recognition of hazardous batteries at an early stage. Learners will be provided with an overview of the key safety measures for managing lithium batteries and industry best practices for loading, stowing, and charging electric vehicles (EVs).

Note: This e-Learning course is delivered by Maersk Training in collaboration with VIRSEC. This course is approved by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS).

Target audience:

This course is for ship crew, captains, safety officers, emergency response teams and shoreside managers interacting with lithium-ion batteries in the maritime environment.

Learning Objectives

- LO1 Identify typical locations where lithium-ion batteries are found on ships

- LO2 Describe the risks associated with the carriage of electric vehicles

- LO3 Explain the basic functional processes of lithium-ion batteries

- LO4 Recognise battery abuse conditions and types of hazardous battery defects

- LO5 Describe the characteristics of toxic and explosive gases emitted from lithium-ion batteries

- LO6 Describe the hazards of thermal runaway and appropriate responses to battery fires

- LO7 Evaluate the suitability of water-based fire suppression systems for lithium-ion battery fires

- LO8 Identify at least two types of specialist equipment for containing and suppressing lithium-ion battery fires

- LO9 Recognise the best practices necessary for the safe loading, stowage and charging of electric vehicl

Topics

- Introduction to lithium-ion batteries

- Lithium-ion batteries on ships

- How lithium-ion batteries function and fail

- Hazards

- Battery safety

- Challenges of EV fires at sea

Duration
240 minutes

Languages 
English