Matson Suspends Electric Vehicle Shipments Over Battery Fire Concerns | StacheD Training Discusses

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Matson Says No To Electrical Vehicles July 27, 2025 In this episode, Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — and Patrick Dunham from StacheD Training discussed the decision of Matson to suspend the shipment of Electric Vehicles (EVs) on board their ships from the West Coast of the United States to Hawaii and Guam. #Supplychain #Evs #matson #electricvehicle #Hawaii #stachedtraining Support What's Going on With Shipping via: Patreon: www.patreon.com/wgowshipping Twitter: @mercoglianos Bluesky: @mercoglianos.bsky.social Facebook: @wgowshipping Email: [email protected] StacheD Training https://stachedtraining.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@StacheDTraining Matson Suspends Electric Vehicle Shipments Over Battery Fire Concerns https://gcaptain.com/matson-suspends-electric-vehicle-shipments-over-battery-fire-concerns/ Major Cargo Carrier Halts EV Shipping to Hawaiʻi https://www.kitv.com/news/business/major-cargo-carrier-halts-ev-shipping-to-hawai-i/article_8f5f5a50-f2fa-4f16-9224-c0dab1e66594.html Fire Erupts on Car Carrier with Electric Vehicles in Belgian Port of Zeebrugge https://gcaptain.com/fire-erupts-on-car-carrier-with-electric-vehicles-in-belgian-port-of-zeebrugge/ Ocean Shippers Playing Catch Up to Electric Vehicle Fire Risk https://gcaptain.com/ocean-shippers-playing-catch-up-to-electric-vehicle-fire-risk/ A Look Back at Recent Car Carrier Fires https://gcaptain.com/a-brief-look-back-at-recent-car-carrier-fires/ Car Carrier Morning Midas Sinks in North Pacific After Three-Week Fire Battle https://gcaptain.com/car-carrier-morning-midas-sinks-in-north-pacific-after-three-week-fire-battle/ IUMI publishes “Best practice & recommendations for the safe carriage of electric vehicles” https://iumi.com/news/press-release/iumi-publishes-best-practice-recommendations-for-the-safe-carriage-of-electric-vehicles/ ICS Fire Response - High Level Guidelines https://www.ics-shipping.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Fire-Response-High-Level-Guidelines.pdf