Safety errors that happened onboard during the 90’s brought several changes to the International Convention for the SOLAS regulation. Now, shipping is considered to be one of the 1st industries to adopt widely implemented international safety standards.
The ammount of both human and ship losses at sea per year in the early twenties declines comparing with the equivalent ammount in the nineties. Specifically, 74% of human lives and 13,5% of ships have been lost in the 1990’s while 26% of human lives and 5.9% of ships were lost in the 2000’s.
According to statistics,
- drowning is the 3rd leading cause unintentional injury wordwide,
- Mozambique, has the most deaths of drowning
- 7% of all injury related deaths are from drowning
- approximately 359.000 deaths happen from drowning per year
- drowning is one of the top5 cause of death for children aged from 1 to 14 years
All things cosidered, there are five things to remember before go boating.
- the skipper is responsible for the safety of everyone on board. Stay withing the limits of your vessel and your experience
- Take two waterproof ways of communicating
- Check the local marine weather forecasts
- Avoid alcohol
- Wear a lifejacket
The following infographic created by The Water Filter Men in Ireland depicts how to stay safe at sea
Source : The Water Filter Men
