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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