NATURE OF SHIP COLLISIONS WITHIN PORTS

This report is a summary of the nature of ship collisions which have occurred in ports or while in the protected waters enroute to port and is based on information obtained for ship operations in seven representative U.S. ports over a five year period. In addition to the collisions which have occurred, port traffic information for the same time period is included.

• Corporate Authors:

  Todd Shipyards Corporation

  Research & Technical Division, P.O. Box 1600
  Galveston, TX  United States  77553
• Authors:
  • Warwick, J E
  • Anderson, A L
• Publication Date: 1976-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 30 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Casualties; Crashes; Fatalities; Nuclear powered ships; Safety; Statistics; Water transportation crashes
• Old TRIS Terms: Casualty data; Collision statistics; Ship casualties
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00142318
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: NMRC-336-40000-R1
• Contract Numbers: MA-6562
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 23 1976 12:00AM