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Passenger Vessel and Ferry Safety: it’s all about Location

According to the International Maritime Organization, of ferry accidents in the developing world must have a the global ferry industry transports 2.1 billion passengers complete record of past incidents upon which to draw. annually, as well as another 250 million vehicles and 32 Arriving at their conclusions, the authors depend upon million trailers. The safety of passenger vessels varies wide- detailed information on the 232 major accidents that oc- ly, depending on where that ferry operates. And, as we curred around the world between 2000 and 2014. It as- showed in our November 2016 edition of MarineNews, sesses the prevalence of various common factors in ferry

North American ferries are, by and large, some of the saf- accidents, including human error, hazardous weather, and est on the planet. It isn’t an apple-to-apples comparison overcrowding, and makes recommendations for future re- by any stretch of the imagination, but the average of 34 search into the prevention of ferry accidents.

passenger vessel fatalities over the course of the last