Analysis of ship accidents in Mediterranean port areas

An analysis carried out on a database of vessel accidents in Mediterranean port areas developed within the framework of the project ISY PORT (Integrated SYstem for navigation risk mitigation in PORTs). The analyses included distribution of accidents in port areas by gross tonnage, distribution of accidents in port areas by age of the ship at the time of the accident, distribution of accidents in port areas by ship’s category, distribution of accidents in port areas by causality event, distribution of accidents in port areas by weather conditions, number of fatalities and injured and lost at sea caused by accidents in the port areas.