Marine Incident Annual Report 2023

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Figure 1

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	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total	4153	4268	4825	5281	5456
DCV	767	760	961	1062	1125
RAV	257	338	319	368	296
Foreign-flagged	3126	3175	3545	3847	4061

Figure 2

The table below displays the data in Figure 2.

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Number of DCV Incidents	767	760	961	1062	1125
Vessels involved	552	633	722	819	857

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	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Very Serious	8	7	9	8	7
Serious	98	220	277	255	320
Less Serious	661	533	675	799	798

Figure 4

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	% of reported incidents	% of the fleet
Passenger	45.20%	9.01%
Non-Passenger	37.22%	49.97%
Fishing	11.16%	27.19%
Hire & Drive	6.42%	13.86%

Figure 5

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	% of the fleet reporting incidents	% of the total fleet
1. 0-7.5m	0.90%	15.36%
2. 7.5-12m	3.80%	19.98%
3. 12-24m	7.40%	38.08%
4. 24-35m	22.90%	19.23%
5. 35-45m	21.20%	2.75%
6. 45+m	29.80%	4.62%

Figure 6

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	2019	2020	2021	2023
Passenger	1		1
Non-Passenger		1	1
Fishing	2	3	1	1
Hire & Drive				1
Other				1

Figure 7

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NSW	3
QLD	6
VIC	0
TAS	2
SA	0
WA	1
NT	1

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The graph indicates that minor injuries were 62.5% and that serious injuries made up 37.5%.

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	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Fishing	15.1%	15.0%	11.4%	10.7%	10.8%
Hire and Drive	10.2%	8.6%	8.0%	7.3%	7.3%
Non-Passenger	28.4%	41.2%	39.1%	34.7%	36.1%
Passenger	43.7%	35.0%	41.4%	47.3%	44.8%
% of total DCV Incidents	8.8%	7.0%	5.7%	5.6%	8.3%

Figure 10

The table below displays the data in Figure 10.

	Crew Injury	Passenger Injury
Weather & Water Conditions	22	23
Vessel Control and Navigation	26	18
Operational Access	20	20
Cargo Handling Stores	16
Maintenance	14
Engineering Systems	11
Diving / Snorkelling	4	5
Dangerous Fauna	2	2
Accommodation / Hotel Services	2
Communication	1	1
Sailing	1	1

Figure 11

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	Person overboard unknown lifejacket	Person overboard with a lifejacket	Person overboard without a jacket
Passenger	6	5	24
Non-Passenger	1	26	2
Fishing	4	2	2
Hire & Drive	3	4

Figure 12

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	% of DCV Fleet	% POB Incidents
1 0 - 7.5m	59.80%	29.87%
2. 7.5-12m	18.40%	19.48%
3. 12-24m	17.90%	32.47%
4. 24-35m	2.90%	12.99%
5. 35-45m	0.50%	1.30%
6 45+m	0.50%	3.90%

Figure 13

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	Very Serious	Serious	Less Serious
Contact	31	149	180
Collision	35	90	125
Grounding	33	70	104
Close Quarters		56	57
Hull Failure/Damage	21	28	49
Flooding	24	23	47
Disabled	26	11	37
Fire/Smoke	21	15	37
Foundering/Sinking/Loss	15	8	27
Machinery Failure/Damage	9	18	27
Listing/Capsize	18	5	26
Breakaway			6
Evacuation			4

Figure 14

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	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Collision	15.09%	18.50%	13.64%	8.75%	10.70%
Contact	15.09%	7.93%	10.49%	7.22%	9.48%
Grounding	11.32%	12.33%	11.89%	15.21%	9.48%

Figure 15

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	Communication	Vessel Control and Navigation
Lookout / Collision Avoidance		101
Vessel Handling/Loss of Control		77
Berthing/Unberthing		43
Towing		29
Planning		20
Vessel to vessel communication	18
Anchoring		15
Anchoring		15
Loading/Unloading		15
Vessel to shore communication	5
Onboard communication	5

Figure 16

The table below displays the data in Figure 16.

	Very Serious	Serious	Less Serious
Vessel Control and Navigation	107	261	369
Cargo Handling Stores	23	32	56
Operational Access	25	28	53
CommumcatIion	10	32	42
Maintenance	13	23	36
Diving/Snorkelling		23	26
Sailing			5

Figure 17

The table below displays the data in Figure 17.

	Cargo Handling Stores	Communication	Diving/Snorkelling	Vessel Control and Navigation
Lookout/Collision Avoidance				550
Vessel Handling/Loss of Control				545
Berthing/Unberthing				165
Towing				129
Diving and Snorkelling			101
Mooring				89
Planning				79
Anchoring				78
Vessel to vessel		73
Fishing	44
Loading/Unloading	44

Figure 18

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	Engineering Systems	Power Propulsion and Steering	Structure	Vessel Systems
2019	49	103	18	45
2020	34	102	9	30
2021	48	152	20	50
2022	46	166	11	48
2023	80	119	11	28

Figure 19

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Main Engine/Gearing	60
Steering Gear	23
Outboard Motor	12
Propellers/CPP/Pod	10
Other	7
Auxiliary Engines/Alternators	5
Fuel	1
Thruster	1

Figure 20

The table below displays the data in Figure 20.

	Personal Consequence	Vessel Consequence
Crew Injury	64
Contact		52
Grounding		52
Collision		47
Passenger Injury	42
Crew POB (Survived)	40
Medevac by Ambulance	32
Passenger POB (Survived)	28
Foundering/Sinking/Loss		27
Hull Failure/Damage		26
Machinery Failure/Damage		25
Listing/Capsize		22
Flooding		20
Fire Machinery/Work Space		17
Evacuation		13

Figure 21

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Organisation influences (External)	46
Organisation influences (Internal)	169
Technical/Equipment	101
Environment	93
Onboard condition	76
People	159

Figure 22

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Deck operation action	100
Engine room operation action	12
Maintenance action	35
Navigation action	98
Other action	4
Positive action	8

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Using equipment	29%
Communicating and coordinating	23%
Assessing and planning	21%
Monitoring / checking / documenting	19%
Other deck operation action	8%

Figure 23

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Knowledge, skills, experience	43
Personal factors	35
Social environment	0
Task demands	28

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Task knowledge/skills	19	44.19%
Equipment knowledge/skills	5	11.63%
Task experience/recency	8	18.60%
Other	11	25.58%

Figure 24

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Commercial influences / prioritisation	13
Operation	10
Organisational characteristics	18
Other inernal influences
People management	68
Safety management system	206

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Risk assessment	76	36.89%
Procedures	73	35.44%
Maintenance	33	16.02%
Emergency procedures	24	11.65%

Figure 25

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	Very Serious	Serious	Less Serious
2019	2	123	3001
2020	5	182	2988
2021	8	254	3283
2022	3	187	3657
2023	2	268	3791

Figure 26

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	% of arrivals	% of incidents
bulk carrier	53.8%	60.4%
container ship	15.5%	14.7%
general cargo/multi-purpose ship	6.7%	6.0%
gas carrier	5.5%	2.8%
oil tanker/chemical tanker	4.6%	3.4%
vehicle carrier	4.3%	2.3%
passenger ship	4.0%	4.5%
oil tanker	3.1%	3.7%
chemical tanker	1.6%	1.4%
livestock carrier	0.9%	0.8%

Figure 27

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	Serious	Less serious
Maintenance	28	35
Cargo Handling Stores	22	15
Operational access	12	19
Ship Control xNavigation	5	6
Accommodation/Hotel Services	3	5

Figure 29

The table below displays the data in Figure 29.

	2020	2021	2022	2023
Close Quarters	10	20	12	22
Contact	38	28	40	35
Disabled	32	33	13	20
Machinery Failure/Damage	37	21	22	15

Figure 30

The table below displays the data in Figure 30.

	Very Serious	Serious	Less Serious
Cargo Handling Stores		31	71
Engineering Systems		18	43
Maintenance	1	34	45
Power Propulsion and Steering		27	24
Vessel Control and Navigation		18	51

Figure 31

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	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Communication Equipment	241	302	318	375	337
Engineering Systems	293	473	472	508	652
Navigational Monitoring Equipment	463	539	618	650	550
Operational access	238	275	182	251	152
Power Propulsion and Steering	684	574	629	663	646
Vessel Systems	264	398	541	667	687

Figure 32

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	Access	Engineering Systems	Power Propulsion and Steering	Ship Systems
Ballast				406
Main Engine/Gearing			327
Auxiliary Engines/Alternators			196
Mooring/ Anchoring				165
Pilot/Combination Ladder	114
Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS)		91
Control/Monitoring		79
Electrical		68
Incinerator		65
Oily Water/Sludge/Residues		65

Figure 34

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	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Accommodation/Hotel Services	-	-	-	-	-
Cargo Handling Stores	28	121	86	88	238
Communication	40	53	50	28	93
Maintenance		94	74	73	113
Operational access		44	86	64	93
Vessel Control and Navigation	28	148	98	102	127

Figure 35

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	Cargo Handling Stores	Communication	Maintenance	Operational access	Vessel Control and Navigation
Loading/Unloading	66
Shipboard Communication		50
Ladders				46
Berthing/Unberthing					43
Ballasting	41
Mooring					31
Vts Non-Compliance		29
Leakage	26
Hand/Power Tools			18
Anchoring					17
Cleaning	16