Table 1. Marine occurrences (types, vessels and losses involved)

Table 1. Marine occurrences (types, vessels and losses involved) in June 2024
  June Year to date (June)
2024 2023 2019-2023
average		 2024 2023 2019-2023
average
Accidents 21 22 24 100 106 116
Shipping accidents by type 18 19 20 81 91 93
Capsize 0 0 1 5 1 2
Collision 11 5 6 21 29 32
Fire/Explosion 2 3 3 18 13 17
Grounding 2 6 6 25 16 18
Sank 0 2 2 2 10 11
Sustains damage render unseaworthy/Unfit for purpose 2 3 1 9 21 12
Other accident types 1 0 0 1 1 1
Accidents aboard ship 3 3 4 19 15 23
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by type of vessel 22 21 22 87 103 105
Barge 1 2 2 5 7 7
Cargo - liquid 1 0 0 3 2 3
Cargo - solid 4 3 4 13 26 24
Ferry 2 0 1 8 5 7
Fishing 2 4 7 26 24 29
Passenger 2 2 1 4 3 3
Service ship 3 4 3 15 15 12
Tug 1 2 2 4 7 9
Other vessel types 6 4 3 9 14 12
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by vessel flag  22 21 22 87 103 105
Canadian non-fishing vessels 17 13 12 48 60 57
Canadian fishing vessels 2 4 6 26 24 28
Foreign vessels 3 4 4 13 19 20
Vessels lost by gross tonnage 0 0 1 10 5 6
1600 gross tons and over 0 0 0 1 0 0
150 to 1599 gross tons 0 0 0 0 1 1
60 to 149 gross tons 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 to 59 gross tons 0 0 0 4 0 1
Less than 15 gross tons 0 0 0 4 2 3
Unknown tonnage 0 0 0 1 2 1
Fatalities 4 5 1 7 7 6
Shipping accidents 2 0 0 4 0 3
Accidents aboard ship 2 5 1 3 7 3
Serious injuries 3 1 4 22 12 21
Shipping accidents 2 0 0 3 0 2
Accidents aboard ship 1 1 3 19 12 18
Occurrences with a dangerous good release* 0 1 0 1 1 1
Reportable incidents by type 107 94 91 399 371 428
Bottom contact 1 8 3 12 21 11
Cargo shift/Cargo loss 0 0 0 2 2 1
Person overboard 0 0 1 2 2 4
Risk of collision (near collision) 9 6 5 24 15 15
Risk of sinking 0 1 2 8 13 11
Total failure of any machinery or technical system** 95 77 78 339 309 368
Other incident types 2 2 1 12 9 19

Data extracted 15 July 2024

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.

  1. * 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.
  2. ** New regulations clarify the reporting requirements for a total failure of any machinery or technical system.