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Deployment notice

March 2016

Table 1, Marine occurrences (types, vessels and losses involved)
  March January to March
  2016 Count 2015 Count 2011-2015 Average 2016 Count 2015 Count 2011-2015 Average
Accidents 22 21 19 59 34 45
Shipping accidents by type 17 18 16 50 31 38
Capsize 0 0 0 2 1 1
Collision 5 3 6 13 6 15
Fire/Explosion 4 1 2 8 3 5
Grounding 6 3 3 14 5 6
Sank 1 3 1 4 3 3
Sustains damage render unseaworthy/Unfit for purpose 1 7 4 9 12 8
Other accident types 0 1 0 0 1 0
Accidents aboard ship 5 3 3 9 3 7
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by type of vessel 20 19 18 56 32 44
Barge 4 2 2 6 3 4
Cargo - liquid 0 1 1 2 5 4
Cargo - solid 1 2 3 7 4 10
Ferry 5 4 2 7 6 4
Fishing 5 4 4 21 7 8
Passenger 0 0 0 1 1 1
Service ship 1 3 3 7 3 6
Tug 1 3 3 1 3 5
Other vessel types 3 0 1 4 0 1
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by vessel flag 20 19 18 56 32 44
Canadian non-fishing vessels 13 12 11 28 20 25
Canadian fishing vessels 5 4 4 21 7 8
Foreign vessels 2 3 3 7 5 10
Vessels lost by gross tonnage 0 3 1 2 5 2
1600 gross tons and over 0 0 0 0 0 0
150 to 1599 gross tons 0 0 0 0 0 0
60 to 149 gross tons 0 1 0 0 2 1
15 to 59 gross tons 0 0 0 1 1 0
Less than 15 gross tons 0 2 1 1 2 1
Unknown tonnage 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fatalities 0 1 1 0 1 3
Shipping accidents 0 0 0 0 0 1
Accidents aboard ship 0 1 0 0 1 2
Serious injuries 5 2 2 9 2 5
Shipping accidents 0 0 0 0 0 0
Accidents aboard ship 5 2 2 9 2 5
Occurrences with a dangerous good release* 1 0 N/A 2 0 N/A
Reportable incidents by type 59 26 20 138 75 61
Bottom contact 2 2 1 3 6 3
Cargo shift/Cargo loss 0 0 0 0 1 0
Person overboard 2 1 0 3 2 1
Risk of collision (near collision) 3 2 2 5 4 4
Risk of sinking 1 0 0 1 0 2
Total failure of any machinery or technical system** 46 21 17 113 62 49
Other incident types 5 0 0 13 0 2
Data extracted May 9, 2016.
In November 2013, the Transportation Safety Board developed and deployed a new Marine Database. The new database significantly improves the TSB's ability to collect, categorize and present statistics. In accordance with these changes the statistical summaries for January 2014 onwards will be presented in a slightly different format.
New TSB regulations came into effect on July 1, 2014, changing some reporting requirements.
* Under new reporting requirements the release of dangerous goods has been harmonized with Part 8 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations. Detailed data was not collected prior to July 1, 2014.
** New regulations clarify the reporting requirements for a total failure of any machinery or technical system.
Source: Transportation Safety Board of Canada