HELCOM annual report Table of contents 1 Introduction 2 Ship - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

HELCOM annual report Table of contents 1 Introduction 2 Ship traffic in the Baltic 3 Overview of accidents in the Baltic Sea 4 Types of accidents 4.1 Collisions 4.2 Groundings 5 Types of vessels involved in the accidents 6 Causes of accidents 7 Accidents with pollution

Maritime traffic • 407 500 ship crossings in total – same level as in 2011 • Decrease in AIS registered ship crossings in 2009 and 2010 was likely due to decreased shipping activity resulting from the economic recession

AIS statistics

HELCOM accidents reporting • Accidents in the Baltic Sea; in territorial waters and the EEZ • Pollution and non-pollution accidents • Tankers > 150 GT • Other ships > 400 GT • New reporting format in 2004 – data prior to 2004 not fully comparable with data from 2004 and subsequent years. • Harmonization of the HELCOM reporting format in 2012 with IMO and EMSA reporting formats of incidents

New reporting format 2012 Additions: – Location of accident (Open sea, port approach, port, no information) – Hull construction classes (Single, double, double bottom, double sides, mid deck, other) – Human element subcategories (Violation, slip, lapse, mistake)

Location of accident

Human element