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 MARINE STATISTICS - 2003

APPENDIX A - MARINE OCCURRENCE TABLES

Table 1 - Total Marine Occurrences Types, Vessels and Losses Involved 1994-2003

  1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Shipping Accidents by Type 796 698 607 534 491 536 450 459 449 481
Collision 40 20 20 15 15 22 16 16 15 24
Capsizing 18 27 19 21 13 6 15 6 14 11
Foundering / Sinking 56 55 42 36 28 32 38 37 26 30
Fire / Explosion 91 85 98 73 65 70 64 84 53 65
Grounding 176 159 143 126 128 146 123 114 129 118
Striking 112 138 90 88 85 85 68 89 72 76
Ice damage 30 15 22 23 11 10 6 4 2 28
Propeller / Rudder / Structural damage 89 57 50 30 25 40 31 19 43 39
Flooding 94 79 61 69 69 65 51 70 52 49
Other 90 63 62 53 52 60 38 20 43 41
Accidents Aboard Ship 67 56 58 60 59 69 77 59 36 65
Vessels Involved in Shipping Accidents
By Type of Vessel 881 779 657 576 534 581 492 507 483 526
Cargo 48 34 29 21 26 26 25 31 23 18
Bulk carrier / OBO 141 123 98 61 68 73 59 58 57 48
Tanker 26 15 24 13 18 14 14 12 9 15
Tug 57 51 45 38 42 42 33 39 24 34
Barge 42 51 43 31 25 35 30 28 32 30
Ferry 28 27 22 17 23 22 26 24 21 25
Passenger 17 21 21 16 27 20 19 16 26 41
Fishing 444 389 322 319 251 280 238 246 238 260
Service vessel 44 36 24 30 27 35 23 27 19 27
Non-commercial 23 28 15 13 19 14 13 18 20 15
Other 11 4 14 17 8 20 12 8 14 13
By Vessel Flag 881 779 657 576 534 581 492 507 483 526
Canadian (Non-fishing) 272 281 233 178 204 220 179 197 192 216
Canadian (Fishing) 423 372 308 308 243 273 227 232 232 253
Foreign 186 126 116 90 87 88 86 78 59 57
Vessels Lost by Gross Tonnage 88 82 60 60 49 45 37 51 32 34
1600 grt and over 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 2
150 to 1599 grt 2 3 1 5 2 3 2 3 1 2
60 to 149 grt 7 7 7 6 6 5 3 8 4 7
15 to 59 grt 20 25 22 16 14 7 13 15 7 11
Less than 15 grt 35 32 20 21 16 21 16 18 12 10
Unknown tonnage 24 13 10 12 10 8 3 6 6 2
Fatalities 40 39 25 24 48 29 31 34 28 18
Shipping Accidents 28 28 12 12 38 14 16 17 19 9
Accidents Aboard Ship 12 11 13 12 10 15 15 17 9 9
Injuries 81 82 71 84 80 84 94 70 78 91
Shipping Accidents 22 35 22 25 22 23 23 18 42 32
Accidents Aboard Ship 59 47 49 59 58 61 71 52 36 59
Reportable Incidents by Type 228 199 132 155 165 178 248 239 174 221
Close-quaters situation 79 67 36 36 38 34 57 60 29 60
Engine / Rudder / Propeller 82 73 39 64 66 74 105 99 57 82
Cargo trouble 7 9 8 6 9 1 5 4 5 3
Personal incidents 6 7 8 4 3 5 6 8 8 14
Other 54 43 41 45 49 64 75 68 75 62

Please refer to the Table of Contents for other sections of this summary.

Date Modified: 2008-11-13

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