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Statistics of Collisions at Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 1976

A. N. Cockcroft
A. N. Cockcroft
Affiliation:
(City of London Polytechnic)
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In this paper, which was read at an Institute meeting in London on 11 February 1976 with Mrs. Mary Pera in the Chair, Captain Cockcroft examines the incidence of collisions in relation to the numbers and classes of ships at risk and their trends, pre-war and post-war. Total and partial losses are included and compared with other forms of loss, e.g. strandings.

In several previous papers statistics of marine collisions have been given for particular areas such as the Dover Strait, Western European rivers, the Baltic Sea and Japanese waters. This paper is concerned with worldwide statistics with particular reference to sea collisions. The information is mainly derived from the Statistical Tables published by Lloyd's Register of Shipping and from the casualty reports compiled by the Corporation of Lloyd's. Statistics of shipping casualties must obviously be related to the number or tonnage of vessels at risk; for insurance purposes loss ratios are usually expressed in terms of tonnage lost to tonnage afloat but navigators are more concerned with the number of casualties and number of vessels at risk in various categories.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , July 1976 , pp. 215 - 231
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1976

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