Annual General Assembly 2004 - Tasmania

Session 6A

Statistics And Analysis Of Maritime Accident In Chinese Navigable Waters

Wu Zhaolin, Liu Zhengjiang
Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, China
wuzl@dlmu.edu.cn liuzjj@online.ln.cn

ABSTRACT

For the purpose of evaluating the maritime safety situation in Chinese navigable waters, statistics and analysis work on maritime accidents occurred in Chinese navigable waters in last ten years has been done in this paper. It presents that number of maritime accidents steadily decreased while direct economic loss and number of life loss seems fl uctuating during the period 1993-2002. In accordance with the analysis results, except the human factors, which have been involved in most of major maritime accidents, some other factors such as management of shipping companies, ship conditions, conditions of navigable waters, marine traffi c volume and maritime traffic safety assuring and supporting system were also play an important role in all those maritime accidents. Based on the results of analysis, some recommendations on measures and policies against the maritime accidents are presented.

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