A vessel, said vessel comprising one or more lower decks (10, 20, 30, 40) where at least a part of the one or more lower decks (10, 20, 30, 40) is provided with a
support surface (87), which
support surface (81) comprises through-going ventilation openings allowing ventilation of the vessel, the vessel comprising at least one ventilation
system, which from one
hull-side of the decks (10, 20, 30, 40) has ventilation air supply openings (65) at the
support surface (81) at each
deck (10, 20, 30, 40), the ventilation
system being configured to supply cooled air to the ventilation air supply openings (65), and the vessel further comprising a sensing device (91) configured to sense one or more of heat and gas, a
control unit (92) associated with the sensing device and the ventilation
system and comprising a
signal processing device (93) configured to receive a
signal from the sensing device (91) and to process the received
signal to determine whether a predetermined threshold related to the sensed heat and gas is reached or overstepped, the
control unit (92) being configured to trigger the ventilation system when it is determined that the predetermined threshold is reached or overstepped and the ventilation system being configured to supply gas to the ventilation air supply openings (65), when triggered by the
control unit.