MARINE STATISTICS - 2004

TSB Statistical Summary Marine Occurrences 2004

Appendix A (Cont'd)

Table 3 - Canadian-Flag Vessels Involved in Shipping Accidents by Vessel Category and Type of Accident (Including Commercial Accident Rate) 1995-2004

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Commercial Vessels
Total	214	184	127	156	157	135	146	142	165	148
Collision	12	20	9	13	11	7	8	8	20	8
Capsizing	8	8	8	2	2	6	1	3	7	4
Foundering / Sinking	13	15	5	13	8	9	14	11	6	3
Fire / Explosion	14	28	19	17	16	17	15	14	20	17
Grounding	32	28	26	43	40	32	31	41	35	32
Striking	94	41	33	32	40	36	43	37	44	46
Ice damage	3	5	4	2	3	1	2	0	4	2
Propeller / Rudder / Structural damage	9	7	4	1	4	2	7	9	8	11
Flooding	4	9	4	12	4	9	7	5	4	9
Other	25	23	15	21	29	16	18	14	17	16
Movements*	40 959	32 510	35 193	35 596	31 215	37 881	34 611	37 358	38 144	38 728
Accident Rate**	4.0	4.6	3.1	2.9	4.3	2.7	3.3	2.8	2.8	3.0
Fishing Vessels
Total	372	308	308	243	273	227	232	232	253	223
Collision	17	8	12	8	21	15	11	19	15	7
Capsizing	14	9	10	8	3	5	3	5	5	8
Foundering / Sinking	40	27	27	12	22	23	21	11	19	11
Fire / Explosion	54	52	48	33	37	32	57	28	38	28
Grounding	99	88	73	63	74	71	60	70	67	67
Striking	24	12	23	30	15	8	12	12	15	8
Ice damage	8	14	17	9	6	3	2	1	21	14
Propeller / Rudder / Structural damage	28	36	25	13	30	20	7	29	24	20
Flooding	69	51	58	52	55	42	56	41	39	50
Other	19	11	15	15	10	8	3	16	10	10
Other Vessels
Total	67	49	51	48	63	44	51	50	51	46
Collision	3	7	6	3	9	3	7	3	7	6
Capsizing	4	6	1	3	1	4	0	6	0	4
Foundering / Sinking	4	2	2	2	1	6	3	3	5	2
Fire / Explosion	9	11	4	6	10	8	8	7	7	4
Grounding	5	4	9	8	13	5	9	5	8	3
Striking	26	11	10	11	12	12	18	14	13	7
Ice damage	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Propeller / Rudder / Structural damage	3	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	2
Flooding	4	1	4	2	3	0	4	3	2	3
Other	9	6	12	10	12	5	1	8	6	15
Total	653	541	486	447	493	406	429	424	469	417

* Based on data from Transport Canada. Note that 2004 data are estimates.

** The accident rate is the number of Canadian-flag commercial vessels of 15 grt or more (excluding passenger vessels, passenger ferries and fishing vessels) involved in shipping accidents per 1000 vessel movements.

Table 4 - Foreign-Flag Vessels Involved in Shipping Accidents by Vessel Category and Type of Accident (including Commercial Accident Rate) 1995 - 2004

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Commercial Vessels
Total	108	98	70	73	75	71	62	51	47	46
Collision	6	5	3	3	2	5	5	1	5	3
Capsizing	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Foundering / Sinking	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fire / Explosion	4	7	5	7	6	6	6	4	0	2
Grounding	19	15	14	16	16	12	14	12	8	5
Striking	36	38	27	27	31	27	29	19	18	25
Ice damage	4	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	1
Propeller / Rudder / Structural damage	18	6	0	8	4	7	4	4	5	4
Flooding	1	0	2	2	2	0	1	2	2	0
Other	19	24	15	9	13	12	3	8	8	30
Movements*	27 894	28 245	29 170	29 660	29 479	30 190	29 186	28 747	28 567	28 704
Accident Rate**	3.4	3.2	2.2	2.4	2.4	2.1	1.9	1.7	1.5	1.4
Fishing Vessels
Total	17	14	11	8	7	11	14	6	7	4
Collision	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0
Capsizing	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Foundering / Sinking	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
Fire / Explosion	4	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	0
Grounding	7	12	6	2	3	5	3	4	1	1
Striking	2	0	1	2	2	1	4	1	0	1
Ice damage	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Propeller / Rudder / Structural damage	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Flooding	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	2	1
Other	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0
Other Vessels
Total	1	4	9	6	6	4	2	2	3	3
Collision	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
Capsizing	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Foundering / Sinking	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Fire / Explosion	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Grounding	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	2
Striking	1	0	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
Ice damage	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Propeller / Rudder / Structural damage	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Flooding	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other	1	3	3	1	2	1	0	1	1	1
Total	126	116	90	87	88	86	78	59	57	53

* Based on data from Transport Canada. Note that 2004 data are estimates.

** The accident rate is the number of foreign-flag commercial vessels of 15 grt or more (excluding passenger vessels, passenger ferries and fishing vessels) involved in shipping accidents per 1000 vessel movements.

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