EU – EMSA Maritime Accident Review 2009
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has published its third annual Maritime Accident Review for 2009 of accidents involving ships within the EU, Norway and Iceland.
Although the Review does not focus on the root causes, it highlights the key points of significant accidents which occurred throughout last year and features various statistics based on the information that EMSA has received.
This is the third in an annual series of reviews which began in 2007 and which provide selective and aggregated information on EU maritime accidents, and the aim is to make both the EU maritime community and EU citizens aware of the accident situation in and around EU waters.
The 2009 figures show that the total number of ships involved in accidents, and also loss of life, were substantially down in comparison to the market boom years of 2007/2008, although the number of accidents was still significantly higher than in 2006.
Source: EMSA