Deployment notice

December 2016

Table 1, Marine occurrences (types, vessels and losses involved)
  December Year to Date (December)
2016 2015 2011-2015
Average 		2016 2015 2011-2015
Average
Accidents 24 10 21 298 248 282
Shipping accidents by type 21 7 16 257 213 234
Capsize 2 0 0 7 10 6
Collision 7 0 5 87 57 78
Fire/Explosion 3 3 3 43 33 35
Grounding 3 3 5 63 59 65
Sank 5 0 1 25 16 15
Sustains damage render unseaworthy/Unfit for purpose 1 0 2 31 36 33
Other accident types 0 1 0 1 2 2
Accidents aboard ship 3 3 5 41 35 48
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by type of vessel 24 7 18 301 240 266
Barge 0 0 1 23 10 13
Cargo - liquid 0 0 1 6 12 10
Cargo - solid 3 1 5 39 37 57
Ferry 0 0 1 18 18 18
Fishing 8 5 6 89 81 88
Passenger 2 0 1 16 17 15
Service ship 4 0 1 47 29 26
Tug 3 1 1 26 19 23
Other vessel types 4 0 0 37 17 15
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by vessel flag 24 7 18 301 240 266
Canadian non-fishing vessels 14 1 8 178 128 137
Canadian fishing vessels 8 5 6 88 80 86
Foreign vessels 2 1 4 35 32 43
Vessels lost by gross tonnage 1 0 1 14 23 22
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 1 0 1 4 6 4
15 to 59 gross tons 0 0 0 2 6 7
Less than 15 gross tons 0 0 0 5 8 8
Unknown tonnage 0 0 0 3 1 2
Fatalities 0 0 0 7 19 16
Shipping accidents 0 0 0 6 13 7
Accidents aboard ship 0 0 0 1 6 9
Serious injuries 3 3 4 46 42 43
Shipping accidents 0 0 0 5 12 4
Accidents aboard ship 3 3 4 41 30 39
Occurrences with a dangerous good release* 1 0 N/A 6 5 N/A
Reportable incidents by type 54 70 49 757 708 535
Bottom contact 1 6 2 23 36 23
Cargo shift/Cargo loss 0 1 0 4 4 3
Person overboard 0 0 1 10 13 8
Risk of collision (near collision) 2 2 1 45 31 41
Risk of sinking 2 3 2 20 10 17
Total failure of any machinery or technical system** 45 57 42 626 589 429
Other incident types 4 1 1 29 25 15
Data extracted January 16, 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.