TABLE A4-13: MARINE OCCURRENCES BY REGION, 2000 – 2005

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2000 – 2004 Average
Western Region
Shipping Accidents	166	158	139	141	125	122	145.8
Accidents Aboard Ship	32	29	15	19	15	13	22.0
Vessels Involved In Shipping Accidents by Type of Vessel	177	179	155	159	135	142	161.0
Cargo/OBO/Tanker	9	9	3	9	10	5	8.0
Ferry/Passenger	18	15	19	26	19	25	19.4
Tug/Barge	44	39	32	31	31	34	35.4
Fishing	93	98	78	76	65	67	82.0
Others	13	18	23	17	10	11	16.2
Vessels lost	14	22	13	11	6	5	13.2
Fatalities	10	12	10	4	8	6	8.8
Reported Incidents (Mandatory)	110	122	86	95	98	87	102.2
Maritimes/Newfoundland Regions
Shipping Accidents	158	159	179	209	174	162	175.8
Accidents Aboard Ship	30	15	10	22	18	15	19.0
Vessels Involved In Shipping Accidents by Type of Vessel	171	169	188	224	181	172	186.6
Cargo/OBO/Tanker	10	8	13	10	2	5	8.6
Ferry/Passenger	10	7	9	16	12	9	10.8
Tug/Barge	6	4	3	8	6	4	5.4
Fishing	129	133	144	170	144	138	144.0
Others	16	17	19	20	17	16	17.8
Vessels lost	19	27	13	21	15	14	19.0
Fatalities	13	10	6	7	11	11	9.4
Reported Incidents (Mandatory)	50	45	31	52	48	24	45.2
Central Region
Shipping Accidents	46	68	57	53	59	48	56.6
Accidents aboard ship	7	3	3	3	7	3	4.6
Vessels Involved In Shipping Accidents by Type of Vessel	54	79	63	59	62	51	63.4
Cargo/OBO/Tanker	33	42	32	21	34	34	32.4
Ferry/Passenger	7	13	13	14	7	3	10.8
Tug/Barge	3	11	12	15	10	8	10.2
Fishing	1	2	2	1	2	1	1.6
Others	10	11	4	8	9	5	8.4
Vessels lost	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.4
Fatalities	2	9	10	3	4	0	5.6
Reported Incidents (Mandatory)	32	26	28	21	25	31	26.4
Laurentian Region
Shipping Accidents	60	59	60	56	62	92	59.4
Accidents Aboard Ship	7	9	6	18	8	13	9.6
Vessels Involved In Shipping Accidents by Type of Vessel	66	63	62	60	66	104	63.4
Cargo/OBO/Tanker	33	28	32	27	26	53	29.2
Ferry/Passenger	8	5	7	10	11	7	8.2
Tug/Barge	4	9	5	5	7	7	6.0
Fishing	14	13	13	13	15	23	13.6
Others	7	8	5	5	7	14	6.4
Vessels lost	2	2	3	6	1	2	2.8
Fatalities	1	2	2	3	4	2	2.4
Reported Incidents (Mandatory)	51	39	23	49	67	81	45.8
Arctic Region
Shipping Accidents	8	4	2	7	6	0	5.4
Accidents Aboard Ship	0	0	0	5	1	0	1.2
Vessels Involved In Shipping Accidents by Type of Vessel	8	4	2	7	8	0	5.8
Cargo/OBO/Tanker	5	3	0	4	1	0	2.6
Ferry/Passenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Tug/Barge	0	1	2	0	2	0	1.0
Fishing	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Others	1	0	0	3	5	0	1.8
Vessels lost	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.6
Fatalities	4	0	0	2	1	0	1.4
Reported Incidents (Mandatory)	2	1	1	1	5	0	2.0
Foreign Waters
Shipping Accidents	12	11	12	15	16	8	13.2
Accidents Aboard Ship	1	3	2	1	1	1	1.6
Vessels Involved In Shipping Accidents by Type of Vessel	16	13	13	17	19	9	15.6
Cargo/OBO/Tanker	8	9	8	10	7	4	8.4
Ferry/Passenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.2
Tug/Barge	6	3	2	6	10	3	5.4
Fishing	0	0	1	0	1	1	0.4
Others	1	1	2	1	1	0	1.2
Vessels lost	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Fatalities	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.4
Reported Incidents (Mandatory)	3	6	5	3	5	1	4.4

Notes:

• Occurrence statistics comprise Canadian-flag vessels as well as foreign-flag vessels in Canadian waters.
• Regions identified are the Transportation Safety Board regions.
• Foreign Waters: occurrences that involve Canadian vessels outside Canadian waters.
• For the Transportation Safety Board definitions of reportable accidents and incidents please see http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/stats/marine

Source: Transportation Safety Board (figures preliminary as of January 11, 2006)