RMI issued its Annual Report on marine safety investigations for 2020, recording a total of 726 very serious marine casualties, marine casualties, marine incidents, and occurrences, 80 less than reported during 2019.
The report notes a steady decline in total reports of marine casualties over the past five years. Marine incidents have fluctuated over the same period but there was a reduction during 2020. The number of occurrences has also fluctuated over the period, with a slight increase during 2020.
This downward trend in marine casualties is largely attributed to the reduction in severity of incidents occurring across the fleet. This is a direct