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Executive Summary:

The Impact of Regulations on Towing Vessel Safety;
A Comparative Evaluation of Canadian and American
West Coast Tug and Barge Operations

For: Transport Canada
Ottawa, Ontario

Table of Contents

1. TERMS OF REFERENCE
   
   
2. WEST COAST TOWING OPERATIONS
   
   
3. FLEET DATABASES
   
   

   3.1  Canadian Tug Fleet

   3.2  USA Tug Fleet

   3.3  Fleet Comparisons

   
   
   
4. APPLICABLE REGULATIONS
   
   
5. VESSEL INCIDENT DATA
   
   

   5.1  General

   5.2 Accident Data - Canada

   5.3 Accident Data - USA

   5.4 Normalized Data - Canada and USA

   
   
   
6. IMPACT OF REGULATIONS ON SAFETY OUTCOMES
   
   
7. RISK ANALYSIS
   
   

   7.1  General

   7.2 Canadian Data

   7.3 USA Data

   
   
   
8. COST IMPACT OF REGULATIONS
   
   
9. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
   
   

   9.1 Data Collection and Organization

   9.2 Excessive or Redundant Regulations

   
   
   
10. SUGGESTED MODIFICATIONS TO CANADIAN REGULATIONS
    
    

    10.1 Tug Construction

    10.2 Tug Inspections

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