Containership Accident Statistics

Administrations tend to look into marine casualties from the viewpoint of reportable incidents within their jurisdiction which results to a differentiation in the relevant numbers, as the sample of vessels considered is smaller than that of P I Clubs and classification societies. Furthermore, due to their orientation towards ship safety and environmental protection, areas such as cargo damage and third party liability (i.e. fines) may not be considered. Nevertheless, results of such data are equally useful for the identification of major problematic areas of the various ship types. 

A review has been performed on available incident data relevant to fishing vessels. It was found that the amount of data relating to this type of vessel is limited. The only data source that compiles fishing vessel accident/incident data has been identified to be the MAIB. Over the years, the database maintained by the MABB has considerably improved in terms of its format. However, the database still lacks information about the casual relationship between the causes and effects of the accidents/incidents. 

A statistical analysis on containership accidents is also carried out. The result indicates that containership accident categories differ from other types of ships. Like fishing vessels, there is also a lack of proper reporting of accidents/incidents for containerships. 

Carbajosa J.M., (1989) Report on Work Accident in the Sea Fishing Sector , International Symposium of Safety and Working Conditions Aboard Fishing Vessels, L Universite du Quebec a Rimouski, Quebec, Canada, Aug 22-24. 

Chadwin M. L., Pope J. A. and Talley W. K., (1999) Ocean Container Transportation, an Operational Perspective , Taylor Francis, New York. 

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