This report presents the selection process and the definition of generic ro–ro shipsutilized in the LASH FIRE project for the evaluation of new fire safety solutions. Three main categories of ships werearranged (ro–pax ships, ro–ro cargo ships and vehicle carriers) where one representative existing ship in each category was selected;the ro–ro passenger generic ship Stena Flavia, ro–ro cargo generic ship Magnolia Seaways and vehicle carrier generic ship Torrens. In the selection, considerationwas primarily given to the arrangement of ro–ro cargo spaces, in addition to passenger and cargo capacity, gross tonnage and length of the shipin comparison to the statistical data of the world fleet.
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