2008-2018, maritime and waterway passenger transport: more than 12,000 dead

27 Nov 2019

– 272 collisions, shipwrecks and fatal fires

  • Asia : 6610 fatalities
  • Africa : 5014
  • Oceania : 355
  • America : 314
  • Europe : 188

Minimal toll. In most cases, the passenger manifest has disappeared or does not match the reality.

– Main causes:

  • Overloading
  • Negligence
  • Dilapidation

– Responsability of Europe, Japan, the USA: secondhand sales to developping countries and without caution of over-aged car ferries unfit to their new duty. On-going example : the Kreiz er Mor (p 4).

–  Collective responsability:

  • passengers’ unconsciousness of dangers.
  • failure of local authorities to enforce basic safety rules to large companies or small shipowners

 

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Zahro Express blaze, Indonesia. © KBK News

 

 

 

 

 

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