A marine incident may include the following:

• Death of, or serious injury to, a person associated with the operation or navigation of a vessel
• The loss or presumed loss of a vessel
• The loss of a person from a vessel
• Significant damage to a vessel
• Collision of a vessel with another vessel
• Collision by a vessel with an object
• The grounding, sinking, flooding or capsizing of a vessel
• Fire on board a vessel
• Loss of stability of a vessel that affects the safety of the vessel
• The structural failure of a vessel
• A close quarters situation

• An event that results in, or could have resulted in:
  • the death of, or injury to, a person on board a vessel
  • the loss of a person from a vessel
  • a vessel becoming disabled and requiring assistance.
• The fouling or damaging by a vessel of:
  • any pipeline or submarine cable
  • any aid to navigation.
• Other incidents that are prescribed by the regulations include but are not limited to:
  • failure in operation of a component of material handling equipment
  • loss of cargo from a vessel
  • equipment failure that may affect vessel’s ability to prevent pollution from occurring
  • a crew member is injured or contracts an illness that incapacitates them from the performance of their duty.
• Any serious danger to navigation on or near the course of the vessel.