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

Table 1. Marine occurrences (types, vessels and losses involved), July 2019
  July Year to date (July)
2019 2018 2014-2018 average 2019 2018 2014-2018 average
Accidents 24 33 32 135 153 160
Shipping accidents by type 19 25 26 101 123 133
Capsize 2 3 1 5 8 5
Collision 4 8 9 37 35 44
Fire/Explosion 4 1 3 14 17 19
Grounding 6 5 8 23 30 31
Sank 1 6 2 8 17 12
Sustains damage render unseaworthy/Unfit for purpose 2 2 2 14 16 22
Other accident types 0 0 0 0 0 1
Accidents aboard ship 5 8 7 34 30 27
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by type of vessel 20 29 30 115 137 149
Barge 2 1 2 5 8 8
Cargo - liquid 1 0 1 5 5 7
Cargo - solid 1 5 6 28 27 28
Ferry 3 3 3 11 7 12
Fishing 4 10 9 25 43 49
Passenger 5 2 3 10 6 7
Service ship 0 1 1 13 12 16
Tug 1 2 2 2 10 10
Other vessel types 3 5 4 16 19 13
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by vessel flag 20 29 30 115 137 149
Canadian non-fishing vessels 14 17 17 65 81 81
Canadian fishing vessels 2 9 9 23 41 48
Foreign vessels 4 3 3 27 15 21
Vessels lost by gross tonnage 0 2 1 5 9 8
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 0 0 1 2 2
15 to 59 gross tons 0 0 0 1 1 1
Less than 15 gross tons 0 1 1 3 5 3
Unknown tonnage 0 1 0 0 1 1
Fatalities 1 2 1 9 14 8
Shipping accidents 0 1 0 4 12 5
Accidents aboard ship 1 1 1 5 2 3
Serious injuries 5 8 6 28 35 27
Shipping accidents 1 0 0 6 4 2
Accidents aboard ship 4 8 6 22 31 24
Occurrences with a dangerous good release* 1 0 N/A 1 5 N/A
Reportable incidents by type 61 101 82 491 512 474
Bottom contact 4 3 3 21 19 15
Cargo shift/Cargo loss 1 1 0 1 5 3
Person overboard 0 0 2 7 4 6
Risk of collision (near collision) 10 17 9 23 36 23
Risk of sinking 0 2 1 8 20 7
Total failure of any machinery or technical system** 44 77 66 408 402 403
Other incident types 2 1 1 23 26 17

Data extracted 15 August 2019

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.

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