Deployment notice

November 2016

Table 1, Marine occurrences (types, vessels and losses involved)
  November Year to Date (November)
2016 2015 2011-2015
Average 		2016 2015 2011-2015
Average
Accidents 16 17 21 265 238 261
Shipping accidents by type 14 14 17 227 206 218
Capsize 1 0 0 4 10 6
Collision 6 4 6 78 57 73
Fire/Explosion 1 3 2 39 30 32
Grounding 0 2 5 58 56 60
Sank 4 2 2 19 16 15
Sustains damage render unseaworthy/Unfit for purpose 2 3 2 28 36 30
Other accident types 0 0 0 1 1 2
Accidents aboard ship 2 3 4 38 32 44
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by type of vessel 17 17 19 268 233 248
Barge 3 0 1 23 10 12
Cargo - liquid 0 1 1 5 12 9
Cargo - solid 2 1 4 36 36 52
Ferry 0 3 2 18 18 18
Fishing 5 7 7 76 76 82
Passenger 1 0 1 15 17 14
Service ship 3 3 2 39 29 25
Tug 1 0 2 23 18 22
Other vessel types 2 2 1 33 17 14
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by vessel flag 17 17 19 268 233 248
Canadian non-fishing vessels 9 8 10 160 127 129
Canadian fishing vessels 5 7 7 75 75 80
Foreign vessels 3 2 3 33 31 39
Vessels lost by gross tonnage 0 3 2 12 23 20
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 1 0 3 6 3
15 to 59 gross tons 0 1 0 2 6 6
Less than 15 gross tons 0 1 1 4 8 8
Unknown tonnage 0 0 0 3 1 2
Fatalities 0 1 1 7 19 15
Shipping accidents 0 0 0 4 13 7
Accidents aboard ship 0 1 0 3 6 8
Serious injuries 2 2 3 42 39 39
Shipping accidents 0 0 0 5 12 4
Accidents aboard ship 2 2 3 37 27 35
Occurrences with a dangerous good release* 1 0 N/A 5 5 N/A
Reportable incidents by type 38 40 29 660 638 486
Bottom contact 2 2 1 22 30 21
Cargo shift/Cargo loss 2 0 0 4 3 2
Person overboard 0 1 1 10 13 7
Risk of collision (near collision) 0 2 2 42 29 40
Risk of sinking 2 1 1 14 7 15
Total failure of any machinery or technical system** 30 27 21 544 532 387
Other incident types 2 7 2 24 24 14
Data extracted December 15, 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.