[T.B. Yoits]

Matson had reported in the past that it had developed a collaborative team approach to tackle the complexities of carrying lithium batteries. It established an Electric Vehicle Safe Carriage Working Group...

A little late for that. Those procedures should have been determined before the electric vehicles were mass-produced.

The Matson company likely got the increase in the insurance bill and said "no thank you" to electric car shippers.

[ConservativeMind]

EXCELLENT! The boondoggle starts to feel repercussions.

[butlerweave]

Inferior too expensive and dangerous

[Red Badger]

Let me know when Maersk SeaLand and others do the same.............

[doorgunner69]

Oh noes!!

Oversized electric golf cart fanbois hardest hit...

[jerod]

Did they ever figure out what started that big fire Hawaii?

[Carry_Okie]

My bet is that there will need to be ships specialized for handling this kind of cargo.

They might even have to set aside a special area for docking and handling. It screams for a specialized type of containerization.

[linMcHlp]

bttt

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

When one of those laaaaarge ferries, the kind that carries cars, people, etc first had an EV fire, I came up with a simple solution. All of the EVs should be parked on a flatbed barge and towed behind the ferry. If one or more start to burn, just disconnect the EV barge. No danger to the regular cars and people.

I suppose large shipping could do something similar, like those 18 wheelers that pull double and triple trailers.

[V_TWIN]

How many ships is it now that those infernal things have caught on fire and sunk?

[packrat35]

Guam would probably be the perfect place for EVs, along with many other small islands. But getting them there is the problem now.