marine casualty means an event, or a sequence of events, that has resulted in any of the following which has occurred directly in connection with the operations of a ship: .1 the death of, or serious injury to, a person; .2 the loss of a person from a ship; .3 the loss, presumed loss or abandonment of a ship; .4 material damage to a ship; .5 the stranding or disabling of a ship, or the involvement of a ship in a collision; .6 material damage to marine infrastructure external to a ship, that could seriously endanger the safety of the ship, another ship or an individual; or .7 severe damage to the environment, or the potential for severe damage to the environment, brought about by the damage of a ship or ships. However, a marine casualty does not include a deliberate act or omission, with the intention to cause harm to the safety of a ship, an individual or the environment.
marine casualty means a collision, grounding or stranding of a vessel or vessels or other incident of navigation, or other occurrence on board a vessel, or external to it resulting in material damage or imminent threat of material damage to a vessel or cargo;
marine casualty means an event, or a sequence of events, that has resulted in any of the following which has occurred directly in connection with the operations of a ship:
More Definitions of marine casualty
marine casualty means an event, or sequence of events which has resulted in any of the following and which has occurred directly in connection with the operation of a ship:
marine casualty means any casualty or accident involving any vessel if such casualty or accident occurs upon the territorial waters of Vanuatu, or any casualty or accident wherever occurring, where such casualty or accident involves any vessel documented under the Act;
marine casualty means an event or sequence of events that has resulted in any of the following and has occurred directly by or in connection with the operation of a ship involving—
marine casualty. ’ means an event or process which causes or poses the threat of—
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marine casualty means an event or a sequence of events that has occurred directly in connection with the operation of a vessel documented under the Act or a ship operating in the navigable waters of the RMI. Marine Casualties include:
marine casualty means an event, or a sequence of events, that has resulted in seven different cases as described in Table 1 and which has occurred directly in connection with the operations of a ship. It does not include a willful misconduct. Marine casualties are divided into two sub- notions: “serious casualty” which involve a fire, explosion, collision, grounding, contact, heavy weather damage, ice damage, hull cracking, or suspected hull defect, etc., resulting in: immobilization of main engines, extensive accommodation damage, severe structural damage, such as penetration of the hull under water, etc., rendering the ship unfit to proceed, or pollution (regardless of quantity), and/or a breakdown necessitating towage or shore assistance. A “very serious marine casualty” involves the total loss of the ship or a death or severe damage to the environment”. To sum-up, the lowest level of gravity belongs to ‘marine incidents’ (MI) and the highest to ‘very serious marine casualties’ (VSC) as shown in Table 2. Table 2. Taxonomy of marine incidents and casualties Taxonomy Marine incidentSource: based on (Fedi et al., 2019) and IMO Resolution MSC.255(84) 16 May 2008