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

Table 1. Marine occurrences (types, vessels and losses involved) in November 2023
  November Year to date (November)
2023 2022 2018-2022
average		 2023 2022 2018-2022
average
Accidents 19 19 22 226 224 234
Shipping accidents by type 17 18 19 191 182 188
Capsize 0 2 0 3 8 6
Collision 10 8 9 67 59 67
Fire/Explosion 1 1 2 30 31 32
Grounding 4 3 4 44 44 44
Sank 0 3 2 15 25 21
Sustains damage render unseaworthy/
Unfit for purpose		 2 1 1 30 15 17
Other shipping accident types 0 0 0 2 0 1
Accidents aboard ship 2 1 3 35 42 47
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by type of vessel 18 22 21 219 213 214
Barge 2 4 4 14 17 18
Cargo - liquid 0 0 1 4 4 6
Cargo - solid 9 4 5 56 41 44
Ferry 0 3 2 14 20 15
Fishing 4 3 4 53 56 58
Passenger 1 2 1 6 11 13
Service ship 0 2 2 30 27 21
Tug 1 2 1 17 15 17
Other vessel types 1 2 2 25 22 23
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by vessel flag  18 22 21 219 213 214
Canadian non-fishing vessels 8 18 14 123 127 123
Canadian fishing vessels 4 3 3 51 55 56
Foreign vessels 6 1 4 45 31 36
Vessels lost by gross tonnage 0 0 1 12 12 12
1600 gross tons and over 0 0 0 0 1 0
150 to 1599 gross tons 0 0 0 1 0 0
60 to 149 gross tons 0 0 0 2 0 1
15 to 59 gross tons 0 0 0 1 4 3
Less than 15 gross tons 0 0 0 3 5 6
Unknown tonnage 0 0 0 5 2 1
Fatalities 0 0 0 18 6 13
Shipping accidents 0 0 0 10 2 8
Accidents aboard ship 0 0 0 8 4 5
Serious injuries 2 0 4 35 40 45
Shipping accidents 0 0 1 5 7 6
Accidents aboard ship 2 0 3 30 33 39
Occurrences with a dangerous good release* 0 1 0 3 12 5
Reportable incidents by type 51 68 61 725 888 831
Bottom contact 4 6 3 35 31 26
Cargo shift/Cargo loss 0 0 0 2 2 3
Person overboard 0 2 1 5 12 9
Risk of collision (near collision) 1 2 2 63 63 56
Risk of sinking 0 1 2 21 26 23
Total failure of any machinery or technical system** 42 50 50 573 717 679
Other incident types 4 7 4 26 37 35

Data extracted 15 December 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.