Tanker incidents

and pollution
until 2014

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Reported tanker incidents 2014

242 incidents in 2014,
all tankers types
and all sizes,
up 19% compared
to 2013, but the
increase was
for tankers
<10,000 dwt

Source: INTERTANKO ,
based on reports from
Lloyds Maritime Information Unit

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Tanker incidents - all tanker types and sizes

Number incidents

1,000 ts oil spilt

1050

600
Miscellaneous

Fire/Expl

Hull & Machinery

Grounded

Coll/Contact

Oil pollution

840

630

480

Information is based on reports from Lloyd's

Maritime Information Unit and The International
Tanker Owners Pollution Federation

360

420

240

210

120

0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 362014

Source: INTERTANKO, based on incident reports from LMIU and pollution figures from ITOPF
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Reported incidents tankers above

10,000 dwt
Number
200
180

10 - 29,999 dwt

30 - 99,999 dwt

+100,000 dwt

160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
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Reported Hull and Machinery

incidents
Number
100
90

Engine
Other Hull & Machinery

80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

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Number

Reported fatalities from

tanker incidents

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0
2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Include fatalities on other ships types in connections with collisions

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Accidental oil pollution from tankers

000 ts spilt

bn tonne miles

3,500.0

130,000

2,800.0

104,000

2,100.0

78,000
1000 ts spilled
bn tonnes miles transported

1,400.0

700.0

52,000

26,000

- 63%
%

-3%

-82%

-70%

0.0

0
1970s

1980s

99.9797% of
of the oil
transported
safely

1990s

2000s

2010s*

99.9999% of
of the oil
transported
safely
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Source: ITOPF/Fearnleys/LloydsList Intelligenc

*2010s is a projection based on 5 years

Tanker accidents driving regulations

Trade bn tonne m

1000 ts pollution

1967 Torrey Canyon

MARPOL / liability
1973 ARGO MERCHANT
SBT/protective located/COW
1978 AMOCO CADIZ
speeding up MARPOL 78
1989 EXXON VALDEZ
OPA 90/DH
1999 ERIKA
accelerating phase out SH
age discrimination by charterers
2002 PRESTIGE
place of refuge

13,000

650
1000 ts polluion
520

Trade/tonne
miles

10,400

390

7,800

260

5,200

130

2,600

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Dropped after immediately after Exxon Valdez
before regulations were decided and implemented

bn tonne m

900

22000000.0

720

17600000.0

Vol total spills

Vol spills tankers
540

No spills tankers

13200000.0

360

8800000.0

180

4400000.0

0.0
73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04

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Tanker involved in incidents in 2014 by

age group
Includes all types of tankers and all sizes

Age
Unknown

Total no.
of
incidents
2

Rate

Built 1970s

28

12%

Built 1980s

24

10% 0.012

Built 1990s

47

19%

Built 2000s

107

Built 2010s

34

Total

242

0.016
0.015

44% 0.018
14%

0.014

100% 0.016

Rate is number of incidents /number of tankers in the age category

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Age of tankers and tanker

involved in incidents

Years

16
Average age of tankers involved
in incidents
14

12

10

Average age total tanker fleet

8

6
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

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Accidental oil pollution number of spills

Number
60
Average: 53.6
50

Small oil spills 7 - 700 tonnes

40

Average: 35.6
Average: 28.0

30

Average: 25.2

20

Large oil spills above

700 tonnes
Average: 14
Average: 9.3

10

Average: 7.8
Average: 3.3

Av.: 5.5
Av.: 1.7

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Source: ITOPF/Fearnleys

*2010s is a projection based on 5 years

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