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Shipping casualties and loss of life in UK merchant shipping, UK second register and foreign flags used by UK shipping companies |
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| Authors: | Stephen E Roberts Peter B MarlowBogdan Jaremin |
| Institution: | a College of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK b Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Colum Road, Cardiff CF10 3EU, UK c Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Powstania Styczniowego 9B, 81-519 Gdynia, Poland |
| Abstract: | UK shipping companies increasingly flagged out their ships from the 1970s to the late 1990s. This study used Lloyd's casualty records from 1970 to 2005 to investigate and compare shipping casualties and crew fatalities in UK shipping, UK second registers (Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Hong Kong and the Isle of Man) and six foreign flags (Bahamas, Belize, Cyprus, Malta, St. Vincent and Vanuatu) used frequently by UK shipping companies. The study also assessed how 12 shipping factors may affect ships foundering and crew fatalities. Shipping casualty and crew fatality rates fell over time in UK shipping, in UK second registers and in older flags of conveniences, rather than in newer flags of convenience such as Belize and St. Vincent. Cargo, trade and weather most strongly affected ships foundering and crew fatalities. The findings indicate that shipping casualties and crew fatalities should be monitored in new and rapidly expanding flags of convenience. |
| Keywords: | UK shipping UK second register Flag of convenience Shipping casualty Crew fatality |
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