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

Table 1. Marine occurrences (types, vessels and losses involved) in December 2023
  December Year to date (December)
2023 2022 2018-2022
average		 2023 2022 2018-2022
average
Accidents 10 20 24 237 244 258
Shipping accidents by type 7 18 21 199 200 208
Capsize 0 1 0 3 9 7
Collision 2 6 8 70 65 74
Fire/Explosion 2 2 4 32 33 36
Grounding 2 6 5 46 50 48
Sank 1 3 2 16 28 23
Sustains damage render unseaworthy/Unfit for purpose 0 0 2 30 15 19
Other shipping accident types 0 0 0 2 0 1
Accidents aboard ship 3 2 3 38 44 50
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by type of vessel 9 19 24 229 232 238
Barge 0 1 3 14 18 21
Cargo - liquid 0 0 0 4 4 6
Cargo - solid 3 5 6 59 46 50
Ferry 0 1 2 15 21 16
Fishing 2 5 6 55 61 65
Passenger 2 1 1 8 12 13
Service ship 2 1 1 32 28 23
Tug 0 4 3 17 19 20
Other vessel types 0 1 2 25 23 25
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by vessel flag  9 19 24 229 232 238
Canadian non-fishing vessels 5 9 13 129 136 136
Canadian fishing vessels 2 5 6 53 60 62
Foreign vessels 2 5 5 47 36 41
Vessels lost by gross tonnage 0 1 1 13 13 13
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 1 0 2 1 2
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 6 2 2
Fatalities 0 1 2 18 7 15
Shipping accidents 0 0 2 10 2 9
Accidents aboard ship 0 1 0 8 5 6
Serious injuries 3 1 4 39 41 49
Shipping accidents 0 0 0 6 7 6
Accidents aboard ship 3 1 4 33 34 43
Occurrences with a dangerous good release* 0 0 0 3 12 5
Reportable incidents by type 68 80 94 794 968 925
Bottom contact 2 2 2 37 33 28
Cargo shift/Cargo loss 0 0 1 2 2 4
Person overboard 0 1 1 5 13 10
Risk of collision (near collision) 0 0 1 63 63 57
Risk of sinking 4 1 4 25 27 27
Total failure of any machinery or technical system** 59 75 82 633 792 761
Other incident types 3 1 3 29 38 38

Data extracted 15 January 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.

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