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Deployment notice

September 2017

Table 1, Marine occurrences (types, vessels and losses involved)
  September Year to date (September)
2017 2016 2012-2016 average 2017 2016 2012-2016 average
Accidents 22 34 24 210 234 214
Shipping accidents by type 19 32 21 174 200 177
Capsize 0 0 1 3 3 5
Collision 7 13 7 66 70 60
Fire/Explosion 3 7 3 26 36 26
Grounding 6 8 6 39 53 47
Sank 1 1 2 15 13 13
Sustains damage render unseaworthy/Unfit for purpose 2 3 2 24 24 25
Other accident types 0 0 0 1 1 1
Accidents aboard ship 3 2 3 36 34 37
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by type of vessel 24 38 25 200 235 202
Barge 4 3 3 13 18 10
Cargo - liquid 0 0 0 9 6 7
Cargo - solid 2 4 3 28 32 39
Ferry 0 1 0 11 19 14
Fishing 7 14 9 67 71 68
Passenger 1 1 1 10 11 12
Service ship 2 10 4 29 33 21
Tug 5 3 3 17 18 17
Other vessel types 3 2 1 16 27 14
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by vessel flag 24 38 25 200 235 202
Canadian non-fishing vessels 15 22 13 111 139 105
Canadian fishing vessels 7 14 9 63 70 66
Foreign vessels 2 2 3 26 26 31
Vessels lost by gross tonnage 1 3 3 8 10 15
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 1 0 2 3 3
15 to 59 gross tons 0 1 1 2 2 4
Less than 15 gross tons 1 0 1 1 3 6
Unknown tonnage 0 1 0 3 2 1
Fatalities 0 4 2 8 7 11
Shipping accidents 0 4 2 4 6 6
Accidents aboard ship 0 0 0 4 1 5
Serious injuries 3 2 3 37 39 36
Shipping accidents 0 0 0 4 5 5
Accidents aboard ship 3 2 3 33 34 31
Occurrences with a dangerous good release* 2 0 N/A 6 4 N/A
Reportable incidents by type 85 55 51 706 600 505
Bottom contact 7 4 3 29 18 17
Cargo shift/Cargo loss 0 0 0 5 2 2
Person overboard 2 1 1 11 10 8
Risk of collision (near collision) 8 3 6 42 37 36
Risk of sinking 0 2 1 10 13 11
Total failure of any machinery or technical system** 62 44 40 574 499 420
Other incident types 6 1 0 35 21 12
Data extracted October 17, 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.