Many fires at sea are being caused by…

The cargo is causing many fires at sea – not the ship's operations. The Maersk Honam lost 25% of its crew to one such fire.  Complex rules mean that labeling containers is both wrong and sometimes dangerous.  A survey showed that about 55% of the 500 containers examined were potential fire hazards, and 69% had either improperly secured cargo or lacked labels on the cases.  (No word on how the 500 containers were selected.)