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Study Looks At Marine Losses,

Casualties Since 1984

Statistics and : uncovers

A recent study presented by The Institute of Mathematical Statis

Operations Research (IMSOR) from the Technical University of Denmark i the correlation between casualty rate and a vessels's aqe. Technical Report No. 8/ 1 ooo i:il I "T I. • xa ' - i I u •-• - — - - -— •• 1993 entitled "Trends in Marine Losses and Major Casualties: 1984 - 1992 in 1984; 12.3 per 1,000 in 1992). During the same period, the average age of the fleet increased from 9.4 years to 13.5 years, the Copenhagen shipyard

Burmeister&Wain Skibsvaerft A/S has been an active proponent in the age versus casualty debate. The following graphical illustrations represent some of the report's findings.

Bulk Carriers: Casualty Rates In Relation To Age

Year

Yearly Number Of Casualties Based On Casualty Type

Category 84 85 86 87

Year 88 89 90 91 92

Total

Collision 10 24 11 25 22 29 30 20 23 194

Fire 13 16 21 13 14 27 30 25 34 193

Machine 6 4 6 6 6 2 6 10 16 62

Strand 17 34 17 29 26 23 29 23 27 225

Technical 1 2 5 3 5 8 7 9 9 49

Unknown 3 5 4 1 1 2 4 9 1 30

Weather 5 8 14 24 14 13 20 26 17 141

Military 36 26 67 109 54 0 0 2 0 294

TOTAL 91 119 145 210 142 104 126 124 127 1,188

Tankers: Casualty Rates In Relation To Age

Year 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92

Casualties 28 41 39 54 36 40 58 61 59 Casualties 18 27 19 25 27 40 37 35 36

Vessels 3,838 4,136 4,305 4,203 4,205 4,271 4,370 4,443 4,484 Vessels 2,761 2,760 2,741 2,769 2,827 2,908 2,998 3,099 3,221

Casualty 7.29 9.91 9.06 12.85 8.56 9.37 13.27 13.73 13.16 Casualty 6.52 9.78 6.93 9.03 9.55 13.76 12.34 11.29 11.18 rate per rate per 1,000 vessels 1,000 vessels

AVG. AGE 9.52 9.74 10.03 10.20 10.85 11.65 12.38 13.09 13.82 AVG. AGE 9.52 10.08 10.54 11.05 11.64 12.22 12.81 13.36 13.72 worldwide network which includes referral to multi-lingual physicians and hospitals, legal assistance, pa- tient monitoring and other on-shore services; professional coordination of evacuations; medically super- vised repatriations; full pharmaceu- tical stores on board; and training sessions to instruct personnel in

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