MINISTER OF SHIPPING (SHRI G.K.VASAN)
(a) & (b): Marine accidents are not increasing in the country as will be seen from the following:-
Number of casualties
Sr. No. Name of the Coastal State 2007 2008 2009 2010 (Till 15th April’ 2010)
1 Gujarat 17 13 11 5
2 Maharashtra 14 15 4 7
3 Goa 4 2 4 NIL
4 Karnataka 5 NIL 7 NIL
5 Kerala 5 5 3 NIL
6 Tamilnadu 3 3 NIL 2
7 Andhra Pradesh 2 7 3 2
8 Orissa 1 2 3 1
9 West Bengal 3 9 7 1
10 Andaman & Nicobar Island 3 2 3 1
11 Lakshadweep NIL NIL NIL NIL TOTAL 57 58 45 19
(c)&(d): The Govt. has taken the following steps:-
(1) Administration carries out Port State Control and Flag State Inspection of foreign and Indian Ships with regard to their compliance of International Maritime Organization (IMO) conventions for safety, security and pollution prevention.
(2) Creation of Maritime Assistance Service (MAS) with Directorate General of Shipping as contact point for ships in need of assistance through M.S. Notice dated 30th June’ 2008.
(3) Creation of National Data Centre (NDC) for Long Range Identification and
Tracking (LRIT) system for all Indian ships above 300 GT anywhere in the world.
(4) Detection of ships above 100 GT by the land based Automatic Identification
System (AIS) receivers under the International Ship and Port facility Security (ISPS) Code
requirements through the ISPS circular dated 06th January’2009.
(5) Tracking of all Indian Ships above 500 GT by communication centre located at DG
Shipping through Ship Security Alert System (SSAS) under ISPS Code, located anywhere in the
world.
(6) Compulsory ship reporting system for Indian ships and recommendatory reporting for foreign ships within Indian search and Rescue Regions for the purpose of Search and Rescue (SAR) Operation through M.S. Notice dated 30th June’ 2008.
(7) Issuance of (67) sixty seven two number of Casualty Circulars as part of sharing of lessons learnt from shipping casualties.
(8) Establishment of Safety fairways and recommended routes in the Arabian Sea to enhance safety of Maritime traffic, through M.S. Notice dated 30th June’ 2008.
(e): Does not arise.
