Deployment notice

November 2017

Table 1, Marine occurrences (types, vessels and losses involved)
  November Year to date (November)
2017 2016 2012-2016 average 2017 2016 2012-2016 average
Accidents 18 18 21 258 280 262
Shipping accidents by type 17 16 17 217 240 219
Capsize 1 1 0 4 5 6
Collision 6 6 6 83 82 73
Fire/Explosion 3 3 2 30 41 31
Grounding 3 0 4 48 60 58
Sank 3 4 3 21 21 17
Sustains damage render unseaworthy/Unfit for purpose 1 2 2 30 30 31
Other accident types 0 0 0 1 1 1
Accidents aboard ship 1 2 4 41 40 44
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by type of vessel 18 19 19 250 283 250
Barge 2 3 1 18 24 14
Cargo - liquid 0 0 1 10 7 9
Cargo - solid 3 2 4 37 36 48
Ferry 0 0 1 11 19 17
Fishing 4 5 6 80 82 80
Passenger 0 0 1 14 14 14
Service ship 3 5 3 36 45 29
Tug 1 1 2 23 23 22
Other vessel types 5 3 1 21 33 17
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by vessel flag 18 19 19 250 283 250
Canadian non-fishing vessels 11 11 10 140 168 135
Canadian fishing vessels 4 5 6 76 81 78
Foreign vessels 3 3 3 34 34 37
Vessels lost by gross tonnage 1 1 2 9 15 19
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 0 2 2 5
Less than 15 gross tons 1 1 1 2 6 7
Unknown tonnage 0 0 0 3 4 3
Fatalities 1 0 0 11 7 14
Shipping accidents 0 0 0 4 6 8
Accidents aboard ship 1 0 0 7 1 6
Serious injuries 0 2 3 41 45 42
Shipping accidents 0 0 0 6 5 5
Accidents aboard ship 0 2 3 35 40 38
Occurrences with a dangerous good release* 0 1 N/A 7 6 N/A
Reportable incidents by type 48 44 36 792 703 585
Bottom contact 2 2 2 35 23 22
Cargo shift/Cargo loss 1 2 0 6 4 3
Person overboard 0 0 1 10 10 8
Risk of collision (near collision) 2 1 2 45 43 41
Risk of sinking 1 2 2 12 18 15
Total failure of any machinery or technical system** 39 34 26 646 581 480
Other incident types 3 3 3 38 24 16
Data extracted December 21, 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.