Lok Sabha Question No. 1238 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-09
Subject: Marine Accidents
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: Chinta Anuradha, Kuruva Gorantla Madhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1238

ANSWERED ON 09.02.2024

## MARINE ACCIDENTS

1238.  SHRIMATI CHINTA ANURADHA: SHRI KURUVA GORANTLA MADHAV:

Will the Minister of PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS be pleased to state:

पȅन , पोत पįरवहन और जलमागŊ मंũी

- (a) the number of marine accidents reported in the country during the last three years;
- (b) the reasons for each accident and the number of lives lost in these accidents during the said period; and
- (c) the efforts made by the Government to minimize such marine accidents in near future?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

- (a)& (b) The details of marine accidents alongwith reasons and number of lives lost reported in the country during the last three years are as follows:
- (c) The following efforts have been taken to minimize marine accidents:
- i. Port State Control Inspection and Flag State Inspections todeter substandard ships pertaining in Indian waters.
- ii. Navigational warnings are promulgated regularly to warn shipping of dangers.
- iii. Routeing  measures  have  been  implemented  in  Indian  waters  having  high  traffic density of Mumbai and South West coast of India.

| Details           | Various reasons   | Various reasons   | Various reasons   | Various reasons   | Various reasons   | Various reasons   | Various reasons    | Various reasons   | Various reasons   |
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Details           | Floo ding         | Fire              | Grou nding        | Collisi on        | Adrift            | Perso nal Injury  | Equip ment failure | Man over Board    | Total             |
| Year-2021         | Year-2021         | Year-2021         | Year-2021         | Year-2021         | Year-2021         | Year-2021         | Year-2021          | Year-2021         | Year-2021         |
| No. of accidents  | 12                | 4                 | 8                 | 7                 | 5                 | 2                 | 0                  | 2                 | 40                |
| No. of lives lost | 108               | 3                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 1                 | 0                  | 2                 | 114               |
| Year-2022         | Year-2022         | Year-2022         | Year-2022         | Year-2022         | Year-2022         | Year-2022         | Year-2022          | Year-2022         | Year-2022         |
| No. of accidents  | 15                | 11                | 7                 | 1                 | 3                 | 10                | 4                  | 2                 | 53                |
| No. of lives lost | 4                 | 0                 | 2                 | 0                 | 0                 | 5                 | 0                  | 2                 | 13                |

| Year-2023         |   Year-2023 |   Year-2023 |   Year-2023 |   Year-2023 |   Year-2023 |   Year-2023 |   Year-2023 |   Year-2023 |   Year-2023 |
|-------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| No. of accidents  |           1 |           6 |           3 |           1 |           0 |           5 |           1 |           0 |          17 |
| No. of lives lost |           0 |           0 |           0 |           0 |           0 |           2 |           1 |           0 |           3 |

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