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Deployment notice

October 2017

Table 1, Marine occurrences (types, vessels and losses involved)
  October Year to date (October)
2017 2016 2012-2016 average 2017 2016 2012-2016 average
Accidents 25 28 27 238 262 241
Shipping accidents by type 22 24 24 199 224 201
Capsize 0 1 1 3 4 6
Collision 9 6 7 77 76 67
Fire/Explosion 1 2 3 27 38 29
Grounding 7 7 7 46 60 55
Sank 3 4 2 18 17 14
Sustains damage render unseaworthy/Unfit for purpose 2 4 4 27 28 29
Other accident types 0 0 0 1 1 1
Accidents aboard ship 3 4 3 39 38 40
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by type of vessel 27 29 29 231 264 231
Barge 1 3 2 16 21 13
Cargo - liquid 1 1 1 10 7 8
Cargo - solid 6 2 6 34 34 44
Ferry 0 0 2 11 19 16
Fishing 9 6 6 76 77 74
Passenger 2 3 1 14 14 14
Service ship 4 7 5 33 40 26
Tug 4 4 4 21 22 20
Other vessel types 0 3 2 16 30 16
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by vessel flag 27 29 29 231 264 231
Canadian non-fishing vessels 13 18 20 128 157 125
Canadian fishing vessels 9 6 6 72 76 72
Foreign vessels 5 5 4 31 31 35
Vessels lost by gross tonnage 0 4 3 8 14 17
1600 gross tons and over 0 0 0 0 0 0
150 to 1599 gross tons 0 0 0 0 0 1
60 to 149 gross tons 0 0 0 2 3 3
15 to 59 gross tons 0 0 1 2 2 5
Less than 15 gross tons 0 2 1 1 5 6
Unknown tonnage 0 2 1 3 4 2
Fatalities 1 0 2 10 7 13
Shipping accidents 0 0 2 4 6 8
Accidents aboard ship 1 0 0 6 1 6
Serious injuries 2 4 3 39 43 39
Shipping accidents 0 0 0 6 5 5
Accidents aboard ship 2 4 3 33 38 34
Occurrences with a dangerous good release* 1 1 N/A 7 5 N/A
Reportable incidents by type 34 59 44 738 659 549
Bottom contact 3 3 3 32 21 21
Cargo shift/Cargo loss 0 0 0 5 2 2
Person overboard 0 0 0 10 10 8
Risk of collision (near collision) 1 5 3 43 42 39
Risk of sinking 1 3 2 10 16 13
Total failure of any machinery or technical system** 29 48 34 603 547 454
Other incident types 0 0 1 35 21 13
Data extracted November 15, 2017
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.