Container ship fire interval

RecordSTO-01M2KJ7XCD-ABV5TTJ4FY-0D2296

17days

Global · as of 24 Jun 2026

Container ship fire interval worldwide was 17 days as of 24 June 2026 (WSC).

Original source

Container ship fire interval: every country and year, and how it is measured

Publisher
WSC
Authority tier
T2 Official
Locator
Safety
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

24 June 2026 - New statistics released today by Allianz show a container ship fire occurs every 17 days, underscoring the persistent risk misdeclared and undeclared dangerous goods pose to seafarers, shipping and global supply chains.

Checked: the figure 17 daysis stated in this passage. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.

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APA

World Shipping Council. (2026). Misdeclared dangerous goods remain a persistent threat to shipping and supply chains. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.worldshipping.org/news/misdeclared-dangerous-goods-remain-a-persistent-threat-to-shipping-and-supply-chainsnbsp. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D2296

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MLA
World Shipping Council. "Misdeclared dangerous goods remain a persistent threat to shipping and supply chains." 2026, https://www.worldshipping.org/news/misdeclared-dangerous-goods-remain-a-persistent-threat-to-shipping-and-supply-chainsnbsp. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D2296.
Chicago
World Shipping Council. "Misdeclared dangerous goods remain a persistent threat to shipping and supply chains." 2026. https://www.worldshipping.org/news/misdeclared-dangerous-goods-remain-a-persistent-threat-to-shipping-and-supply-chainsnbsp. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D2296.
BibTeX
@misc{wsc2026container0d2296, author = {{World Shipping Council}}, title = {Misdeclared dangerous goods remain a persistent threat to shipping and supply chains}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D2296}, note = {Original source: https://www.worldshipping.org/news/misdeclared-dangerous-goods-remain-a-persistent-threat-to-shipping-and-supply-chainsnbsp. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Chain of custody
Record: STO-01M2KJ7XCD-ABV5TTJ4FY-0D2296 T2 Official

Primary source

Publisher
World Shipping Council · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 2 · National and industry official
Report
Misdeclared dangerous goods remain a persistent threat to shipping and supply chains
Type
Press release
Published
—
Locator
Safety
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
See source

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D2296