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Flag state performance - report

of investigation submitted

to IMO’s GISIS

Lessons learnt from past incidents play an important role in deter-
mining where additional safety improvement is necessary. At the
end of Jan 2021, 20 of the 34 bulk carrier losses in this analysis have

had investigation reports made available on IMO’s GISIS database,
representing 58.8% of the total. The average time from incident to a
report becoming available has been 16 months for these investiga-
tions.

The following analysis shows those casualties that have been re-
ported by flag States and appear on the the IMO GISIS database.

Flag No. of cases GISIS with reports Average months* GISIS without report
Bahamas 1 1 7 -
Belize 1 - - 1
China 1 - - 1
Cyprus 2 1 42 1
Hong Kong, China 3 2 21 1
Indonesia 1 - - 1
Korea 2 1 72 1
Liberia 2 2 53 -
Malta 3 3 43 -
Marshall Islands 1 1 25 -
Mexico 1 1 38 -
Panama 15 8 16 7
Vietnam 1 - - 1
Total 34 20 16 14

*Average number of months from the incident date to the date of the
reports shown with GISIS

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