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I don't think it's true that most ro-ro car ferries are that old, at least in Europe. Most seem to be less than 30 years old, and there are plenty less than 10

I don't think it's true that most ro-ro car ferries are that old, at least in Europe. Most seem to be less than 30 years old, and there are plenty less than 10 years old. Many decades old ones don't meet pollution standards, and are sold off to other countries. I've travelled on several ex-European ferries around the world, often still with the signs in Italian or French or whatever. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%26O_Ferries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%26O_Ferries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stena_Line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stena_Line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DFDS_Seaways https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DFDS_Seaways etc, etc.

mschuster91 3y ago
Doesn't really matter. According to a representative of the German Insurer Alliance, most ship fire extinguisher designs are 50 years old, calculated on fire loads of cars common back then... so not respecting any developments since then, from ever heavier cars (more mass, more energy in a fire) over magnesium alloys/components to batteries [1]. [1] https://www.sueddeutsche.de/auto/elektroautos-autofaehren-brandgefahr-1.5750431 https://www.sueddeutsche.de/auto/elektroautos-autofaehren-br...