Deployment notice

October 2016

Table 1, Marine occurrences (types, vessels and losses involved)
  October Year to Date (October)
2016 2015 2011-2015 Average 2016 2015 2011-2015 Average
Accidents 21 24 27 235 221 241
Shipping accidents by type 19 24 24 205 192 201
Capsize 1 1 1 3 10 6
Collision 6 10 8 70 53 67
Fire/Explosion 1 3 4 36 27 30
Grounding 6 9 7 55 54 55
Sank 2 0 1 15 14 13
Sustains damage render unseaworthy/Unfit for purpose 3 1 3 25 33 28
Other accident types 0 0 0 1 1 2
Accidents aboard ship 2 0 3 30 29 40
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by type of vessel 24 31 30 242 216 229
Barge 2 0 2 20 10 12
Cargo - liquid 0 2 1 4 11 9
Cargo - solid 2 5 6 34 35 48
Ferry 0 1 3 18 15 16
Fishing 3 6 6 64 69 75
Passenger 3 2 1 14 17 14
Service ship 6 7 5 35 26 23
Tug 4 3 4 22 18 20
Other vessel types 4 5 1 31 15 14
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by vessel flag 24 31 30 242 216 229
Canadian non-fishing vessels 16 20 20 149 119 120
Canadian fishing vessels 3 6 6 63 68 73
Foreign vessels 5 5 4 30 29 36
Vessels lost by gross tonnage 2 1 2 11 20 18
1600 gross tons and over 0 0 0 0 0 0
150 to 1599 gross tons 0 0 0 0 2 1
60 to 149 gross tons 0 0 0 3 5 3
15 to 59 gross tons 0 1 1 2 5 6
Less than 15 gross tons 1 0 0 4 7 7
Unknown tonnage 1 0 1 2 1 2
Fatalities 0 6 3 7 18 15
Shipping accidents 0 6 2 4 13 7
Accidents aboard ship 0 0 1 3 5 8
Serious injuries 2 0 3 34 37 36
Shipping accidents 0 0 0 5 12 4
Accidents aboard ship 2 0 3 29 25 32
Occurrences with a dangerous good release* 0 1 N/A 4 5 N/A
Reportable incidents by type 43 43 37 515 597 457
Bottom contact 3 3 3 19 28 19
Cargo shift/Cargo loss 0 1 0 2 3 2
Person overboard 0 0 0 9 12 7
Risk of collision (near collision) 3 2 2 35 26 37
Risk of sinking 0 3 2 6 6 14
Total failure of any machinery or technical system** 37 32 27 425 505 366
Other incident types 0 2 2 19 17 12
Data extracted November 16, 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.