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MARINE STATISTICS - 2003

Table 7 - Accidents, Fatalities and Injuries by Type of Accident 1994-2003

	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Shipping Accidents
With Fatalities or Injuries
Collision	6	1	1	1	2	3	1	2	4	2
Capsizing	3	11	4	6	5	2	6	3	4	3
Sinking / Foundering	3	6	5	0	5	4	7	5	3	2
Fire / Explosion	7	6	2	4	1	2	1	2	5	3
Grounding	5	2	2	3	0	3	2	2	4	2
Striking	0	3	2	6	1	2	3	4	4	5
Other	4	1	1	1	2	4	2	1	1	1
Total	28	30	17	21	16	20	22	19	25	18
Fatalities*
Collision	1	0	0	1	2	5	2	1	0	1
Capsizing	2	8	5	8	6	2	6	3	10	5
Sinking / Foundering	4	14	7	0	28	5	7	10	7	2
Fire / Explosion	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	1
Grounding	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Striking	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Other	17	3	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0
Total	28	28	12	12	38	14	16	17	19	9
Injuries
Collision	8	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	4	1
Capsizing	2	11	7	2	5	0	5	1	0	2
Sinking / Foundering	0	5	3	0	14	5	5	6	4	2
Fire / Explosion	7	9	4	4	1	1	3	2	7	2
Grounding	3	4	2	4	0	3	3	3	10	3
Striking	0	4	2	12	1	4	5	5	16	21
Other	2	0	3	3	1	7	2	0	1	1
Total	22	35	22	25	22	23	23	18	42	32
Accidents Aboard Ship	67	56	58	60	59	69	77	59	36	65
Fatalities*
Carried overboard	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	3
Caught by cargo / machinery	2	2	2	3	1	5	1	3	1	2
Fell overboard	7	6	5	4	4	6	7	8	3	3
Fell into tank / hold	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Fell on deck or off quay	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
Heavy weather	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide (suspected)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
Other	1	0	4	5	2	3	5	2	5	0
Total	12	11	13	12	10	15	15	17	9	9
Injuries
Carried overboard	1	2	1	2	1	0	1	3	2	2
Caught by cargo / machinery	15	15	18	28	24	17	33	16	11	25
Fell overboard	7	3	2	3	3	5	4	2	2	1
Fell into tank / hold	3	1	0	1	2	3	2	1	1	3
Fell on deck or off quay	12	9	8	10	4	9	12	8	7	9
Heavy weather	1	1	3	1	2	0	0	2	0	2
Suicide (suspected)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Other	20	16	17	14	21	27	19	20	13	17
Total	59	47	49	59	58	61	71	52	36	59

* The total number of fatalities includes missing persons.

Table 8 - Accidents, Fatalities and Injuries by Type of Vessel 1994-2003

	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Shipping Accidents
Cargo / OBO	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
Tanker	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tug / Barge	4	5	3	2	1	2	5	3	2	0
Fishing	20	16	10	10	10	10	9	10	13	10
Passenger	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	3
Ferry	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	4
Other	3	6	2	4	3	6	5	5	6	1
Total	28	30	17	21	16	20	22	19	25	18
Fatalities*
Cargo / OBO	0	0	0	0	21	1	4	0	0	0
Tanker	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tug / Barge	2	4	2	0	0	0	1	4	1	0
Fishing	25	15	10	9	14	7	5	10	9	8
Passenger	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	0
Ferry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other	0	9	0	1	1	6	4	3	5	1
Total	28	28	12	12	38	14	16	17	19	9
Injuries
Cargo / OBO	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0
Tanker	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tug / Barge	2	5	5	4	2	4	7	2	5	0
Fishing	13	13	11	4	11	10	7	10	18	8
Passenger	2	0	2	1	2	3	0	0	1	8
Ferry	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	14	16
Other	5	11	4	6	3	6	8	4	4	0
Total	22	35	22	25	22	23	23	18	42	32
Accidents Aboard Ship
Cargo / OBO	24	17	13	13	16	14	15	16	9	16
Tanker	5	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	0	3
Tug / Barge	6	3	2	3	7	3	3	7	4	4
Fishing	27	19	29	27	19	28	34	23	13	27
Passenger	0	2	1	5	6	6	5	2	2	0
Ferry	3	3	2	3	1	2	4	0	4	4
Other	2	10	9	8	9	14	14	8	4	11
Total	67	56	58	60	59	69	77	59	36	65
Fatalities*
Cargo / OBO	2	5	4	1	3	4	3	3	1	0
Tanker	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Tug / Barge	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	4	0	3
Fishing	7	2	7	7	4	8	8	8	5	4
Passenger	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ferry	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	2
Other	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	2	0
Total	12	11	13	12	10	15	15	17	9	9
Injuries
Cargo / OBO	23	12	9	13	19	10	15	14	9	18
Tanker	8	1	4	1	1	2	2	2	0	3
Tug / Barge	5	2	2	12	6	2	3	8	5	2
Fishing	20	17	22	20	16	25	29	16	14	23
Passenger	0	3	2	3	7	8	4	3	2	0
Ferry	2	3	1	4	1	1	4	0	4	2
Other	1	9	9	6	8	13	14	9	2	11
Total	59	47	49	59	58	61	71	52	36	59

*The total number of fatalities includes missing persons.

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