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Transportation in Canada 2003
Table of Contents
Report Highlights
1. Introduction
2. Transportation and the Economy
3. Government Spending on Transportation
4. Transportation Safety and Security
5. Transportation and the Environment
6. Rail Transportation
7. Road Transportation
8. Marine Transportation
9. Air Transportation
Minister of Transport
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TABLE A4-13: MARINE OCCURRENCES BY REGION, 1998 - 2003
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1998 - 2002 Average
Western Region              
Shipping accidents 196 168 166 158 139 141 165.4
Accidents aboard ship 14 18 32 29 15 19 21.6
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by type of vessel 213 181 177 179 155 159 181.0
Cargo/OBO/Tanker 10 11 9 9 3 9 8.4
Ferry/Passenger 14 10 18 15 18 26 15.0
Tug/Barge 44 40 44 39 32 30 39.8
Fishing 128 102 93 98 78 76 99.8
Others 17 18 13 18 24 18 18.0
Vessels lost 25 19 14 22 13 8 18.6
Fatalities 6 10 10 12 10 4 9.6
Reported incidents (mandatory) 54 57 110 122 86 95 85.8
Maritimes/Newfoundland Regions              
Shipping accidents 146 212 158 159 179 209 170.8
Accidents aboard ship 23 28 30 15 10 22 21.2
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by type of vessel 154 229 171 169 188 224 182.2
Cargo/OBO/Tanker 17 12 10 8 13 10 12.0
Ferry/Passenger 10 11 10 7 9 16 9.4
Tug/Barge 5 11 6 4 3 8 5.8
Fishing 107 168 129 133 144 170 136.2
Others 15 27 16 17 19 20 18.8
Vessels lost 21 21 19 27 13 18 20.2
Fatalities 32 10 13 10 6 7 14.2
Reported incidents (mandatory) 29 68 50 45 31 51 44.6
Central Region              
Shipping accidents 64 54 46 68 57 53 57.8
Accidents aboard ship 8 5 7 3 3 3 5.2
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by type of vessel 67 59 54 79 63 59 64.4
Cargo/OBO/Tanker 35 38 33 42 32 21 36.0
Ferry/Passenger 13 7 7 13 13 14 10.6
Tug/Barge 10 8 3 11 12 15 8.8
Fishing 1 1 1 2 2 1 1.4
Others 8 5 10 11 4 8 7.6
Vessels lost 0 1 0 0 2 0 0.6
Fatalities 1 2 2 9 10 3 4.8
Reported incidents (mandatory) 24 16 32 26 28 21 25.2
Laurentian Region              
Shipping accidents 64 72 60 59 60 56 63.0
Accidents aboard ship 8 12 7 9 6 18 8.4
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by type of vessel 73 78 66 63 62 60 68.4
Cargo/OBO/Tanker 37 38 33 28 32 27 33.6
Ferry/Passenger 10 11 8 5 7 10 8.2
Tug/Barge 6 14 4 9 5 5 7.6
Fishing 12 9 14 13 13 13 12.2
Others 8 6 7 8 5 5 6.8
Vessels lost 2 4 2 2 3 5 2.6
Fatalities 9 5 1 2 2 3 3.8
Reported incidents (mandatory) 53 29 51 39 23 48 39.0
Arctic Region              
Shipping accidents 5 15 8 4 2 6 6.8
Accidents aboard ship 2 3 0 0 0 4 1.0
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by type of vessel 5 17 8 4 2 6 7.2
Cargo/OBO/Tanker 2 3 5 3 0 3 2.6
Ferry/Passenger 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.0
Tug/Barge 0 2 0 1 2 0 1.0
Fishing 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.2
Others 2 9 1 0 0 3 2.4
Vessels lost 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.6
Fatalities 0 0 4 0 0 2 0.8
Reported incidents (mandatory) 1 1 2 1 1 1 1.2
Foreign Waters              
Shipping accidents 16 15 12 11 12 15 13.2
Accidents aboard ship 4 3 1 3 2 1 2.6
Vessels involved in shipping accidents by type of vessel 22 17 16 13 13 17 16.2
Cargo/OBO/Tanker 11 11 8 9 8 10 9.4
Ferry/Passenger 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.6
Tug/Barge 2 2 6 3 2 6 3.0
Fishing 3 0 0 0 1 0 0.8
Others 4 4 1 1 2 1 2.4
Vessels lost 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Fatalities 0 2 1 1 0 0 0.8
Reported incidents (mandatory) 4 7 3 6 5 3 5.0

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 16, 2004)
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