Table 1. Marine occurrences (types, vessels and losses involved) in July 2023

Table 1. Marine occurrences (types, vessels and losses involved) in July 2023
  July Year to date (July)
2023 2022 2018-2022
average		 2023 2022 2018-2022
average
Accidents 24 19 26 129 134 144
Shipping accidents by type 18 13 20 108 108 115
Capsize 1 1 1 2 4 4
Collision 4 3 7 32 30 38
Fire/Explosion 5 3 3 18 23 21
Grounding 4 4 6 20 27 26
Sank 2 2 2 12 15 13
Sustains damage render unseaworthy/
Unfit for purpose		 2 0 1 23 9 12
Other shipping accident types 0 0 0 1 0 1
Accidents aboard ship 6 6 6 21 26 30
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by type of vessel 21 16 23 122 124 130
Barge 1 0 2 8 8 8
Cargo - liquid 0 1 0 2 4 4
Cargo - solid 4 3 4 30 23 27
Ferry 2 2 2 7 10 9
Fishing 7 4 7 31 34 38
Passenger 0 2 3 3 5 6
Service ship 4 1 1 19 14 12
Tug 1 1 1 8 11 10
Other vessel types 2 2 3 14 15 15
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by vessel flag  21 16 23 122 124 130
Canadian non-fishing vessels 11 10 14 69 70 71
Canadian fishing vessels 7 4 7 31 34 37
Foreign vessels 3 2 3 22 20 21
Vessels lost by gross tonnage 2 2 1 6 9 7
1600 gross tons and over 0 1 0 0 1 0
150 to 1599 gross tons 0 0 0 1 0 0
60 to 149 gross tons 1 0 0 1 0 1
15 to 59 gross tons 1 1 0 1 3 2
Less than 15 gross tons 0 0 0 1 3 3
Unknown tonnage 0 0 0 2 2 1
Fatalities 1 1 1 8 4 8
Shipping accidents 1 0 0 1 2 6
Accidents aboard ship 0 1 1 7 2 2
Serious injuries 6 5 5 18 26 30
Shipping accidents 0 0 0 0 4 4
Accidents aboard ship 6 5 5 18 22 26
Occurrences with a dangerous good release* 2 0 0 3 1 2
Reportable incidents by type 87 86 92 455 544 528
Bottom contact 2 4 4 21 10 14
Cargo shift/Cargo loss 0 0 1 2 1 2
Person overboard 0 4 1 2 6 5
Risk of collision (near collision) 16 15 13 31 29 28
Risk of sinking 4 1 2 17 16 14
Total failure of any machinery or technical system** 63 61 70 371 465 441
Other incident types 2 1 2 11 17 24

Data extracted 23 August 2023

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.

Note: This is preliminary information subject to year-end validation and reconciliation.