EUROPEAN MARITIME SAFETY AGENCY PUBLISHES AN OVERVIEW OF MARITIME CASUALTIES IN 2017
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has published its annual review of maritime casualties. It has reported a total of 3,301 incidents through 2017. The report reveals that the number of very serious casualties has continuously decreased since 2014 with 74 reported in 2017. A total of 61 people were injured and 61 ships were lost. During the 2011-2017 period, 405 accidents led to a total of 683 lives lost, which represents a decreasing trend.
The report contains statistics on marine casualties and incidents that: involve ships flying a flag of one of the EU Member States; occur within EU Member States’ territorial sea and internal waters as defined in UNCLOS; or involve other substantial interests of the EU Member States.
Key points:
– With 3301 occurrences reported in 2017, the total number of occurrences recorded in EMCIP has grown to over 20,000. This amounts to an average of 3315 casualties per year over the past four years.
– The number of very serious casualties has continuously decreased since 2014 with 74 reported in 2017. A similar improvement was noted for the number of ships lost, with 12 reports as compared with 41 in 2014.
– During the 2011-2017 period, 405 accidents led to a total of 683 lives lost, which represents a significant decrease since 2015. Crew have been the most affected category of victims with 555 fatalities.
– In 2017, there were 1018 injured persons reported. This number has remained relatively steady since 2014, at around 1000 per year. Again, crew represent the main category of persons injured at sea (5,329 during the 2011- 2017 period).
Read the 175 page report at
https://bit.ly/2OTD7Mi
OVER 40 LESSONS LEARNED FROM US MARITIME CASUALTIES IN 2017 AS NTSB RELEASES ITS ANNUAL REPORT
The NTSB has published its 94 page Safer Seas digest annual report giving an overview of key lessons to be learned from a series of major maritime casualties.
NTSB has noted that many of the issues in last year’s report were recurring topics, including fatigue, poor bridge resource management, and distraction. The 41 marine accidents included in the report involved allisions, capsizings, collisions, fires, explosions, flooding, groundings, equipment damage, loss of life, injuries, and significant property damage.
The failure to maintain watertight integrity was the number one cause of vessel losses during the 2017 reporting year. Consequently, NTSB advises owners:
– To conduct regular oversight and maintenance of hulls and watertight bulkheads, even during layup periods.
– Oversight should include monitoring the hull thickness, maintaining sufficient marine coatings, and using cathodic protection systems.
– Known issues with watertight integrity and wastage need to be repaired using permanent means. – Bilge piping and pumps should be in good working order and alarms should be tested regularly.
– Watertight doors should be checked and maintained to ensure they are properly sealed when closed. While under way, all watertight doors should be closed at all times.
Read the 94 page Safer Seas Digest at
https://bit.ly/2RO8E49
The Report • December 2018 • Issue 86 | 15
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