Table 1. Marine occurrences (types, vessels and losses involved) in December 2019

Table 1. Marine occurrences (types, vessels and losses involved), December 2019
  December Year to date (December)
2019 2018 2014-2018 average 2019 2018 2014-2018 average
Accidents 21 28 19 267 290 285
Shipping accidents by type 15 25 16 207 233 238
Capsize 0 0 1 8 10 7
Collision 4 11 5 71 82 81
Fire/Explosion 3 6 3 32 35 35
Grounding 6 2 3 51 58 59
Sank 0 4 2 17 27 23
Sustains damage render unseaworthy/Unfit for purpose 2 2 2 28 21 32
Other accident types 0 0 0 0 0 1
Accidents aboard ship 6 3 3 60 57 47
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by type of vessel 16 33 19 230 268 273
Barge 2 7 2 18 29 19
Cargo - liquid 0 0 0 7 9 10
Cargo - solid 7 6 3 57 47 46
Ferry 2 0 0 18 10 16
Fishing 5 8 6 58 75 85
Passenger 0 1 1 21 15 15
Service ship 0 2 2 21 27 33
Tug 0 4 2 7 25 23
Other vessel types 0 5 2 23 31 25
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by vessel flag 16 33 19 230 268 273
Canadian non-fishing vessels 5 19 10 125 157 152
Canadian fishing vessels 5 7 6 56 70 83
Foreign vessels 6 7 3 49 41 38
Vessels lost by gross tonnage 0 1 1 8 15 17
1600 gross tons and over 0 0 0 0 1 0
150 to 1599 gross tons 0 0 0 0 0 1
60 to 149 gross tons 0 1 0 1 4 4
15 to 59 gross tons 0 0 0 1 2 3
Less than 15 gross tons 0 0 1 6 6 7
Unknown tonnage 0 0 0 0 2 3
Fatalities 1 0 0 17 22 14
Shipping accidents 0 0 0 4 14 8
Accidents aboard ship 1 0 0 13 8 6
Serious injuries 5 3 4 53 61 49
Shipping accidents 0 0 0 10 8 7
Accidents aboard ship 5 3 3 43 53 42
Occurrences with a dangerous good release* 0 0 N/A 2 8 N/A
Reportable incidents by type 90 108 76 946 931 808
Bottom contact 3 0 3 33 35 32
Cargo shift/Cargo loss 1 1 0 3 7 4
Person overboard 1 1 1 14 11 10
Risk of collision (near collision) 1 2 2 54 67 46
Risk of sinking 4 6 2 13 34 16
Total failure of any machinery or technical system** 75 94 66 797 732 671
Other incident types 5 4 2 32 45 28
Data extracted 17 January 2020
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

Note: This is preliminary information subject to year-end validation and reconciliation.