UK MAIB has issued its Annual Report highlighting the work of the branch during 2015. In 2015 1057 accidents to UK vessels or in UK coastal waters were reported to MAIB, these involved 1194 vessels.
46 of these accidents involved only non-commercial vessels, 447 were occupational accidents that did not involve any actual or potential casualty to a vessel. There were 646 accidents involving 744 commercial vessels that involved actual or potential casualties to vessels.
For the sixth year in succession no UK merchant vessels of >100gt were lost. The size of the UK fleet has increased and so the overall accident rate for UK merchant vessels >100gt has fallen to 85 per 1000 vessels from 88 per 1000 vessels in 2014. Two crew lost their lives on UK merchant vessels >100gt during 2015. Only one UK small vessel (<100gt) was lost in 2015 compared with six in 2014.
Thirteen commercial fishing vessels were lost in 2015 compared with 12 in 2014. The average age of the boats lost was 34 years; 62% of these were small vessels under 15 metres (loa). An average of 17 commercial fishing vessels per year have been lost during the last 10 years.
Seven fishermen lost their lives in 2015 compared with eight lives lost in 2014.
Five foreign flagged vessels were lost when trading in UK waters. There were 12 reported deaths of crew working on foreign flagged vessels which include the eight seafarers who were lost when the Cemfjord capsized.
As well as the Chief Inspector of Marine Accidents report for 2015 this report includes:
- overview of accidents reported
- summary of investigations started
- details of investigation reports published
- responses to recommendations issued
- marine accident statistics
Further details may be found by reading the Annual Report below
Source & Image credit: UK MAIB
