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SAFETYFatalities in waterborne transport (vessel casualtiesonly), total i,10 N 178 206 85 77 52 55 48 67 51 45 31 61 54 48 45 48Freight ship N 30 8 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 3 3 8 2 1Tank ship N 4 4 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0Passenger vessel N 1 5 3 4 4 8 1 3 14 0 3 6 29 9 6 3Tug / towboat N 22 14 13 1 1 1 3 0 5 0 4 8 0 1 10 6Offshore supply N N N 2 1 2 2 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Fishing vessel N 77 60 47 48 23 37 22 33 23 28 9 15 14 16 16 19Recreational vessel N N N 3 13 22 3 7 7 5 10 12 14 1 7 9 12MODU j N N N 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1Platform N N N 1 U U U U U 0 0 0 0 U U U UFreight barge N N N 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2Tank barge N N N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0Miscellaneous N 44 56 11 5 0 3 7 14 3 4 0 2 0 0 1 2Injuries in waterborne transport, total i,10 N 105 180 175 180 152 229 119 130 136 131 185 187 255 228 140 177Freight ship N 14 8 10 6 1 7 3 3 2 4 2 7 12 7 12 19Tank ship N 19 9 13 10 8 1 5 6 5 3 3 0 3 7 3 2Passenger vessel N 10 10 51 43 47 142 36 39 71 50 109 57 140 81 58 63Tug / towboat N 10 27 19 19 19 16 21 12 13 10 18 17 12 27 20 22Offshore supply N N N 9 2 10 7 3 5 1 5 13 0 5 5 1 6Fishing vessel N 13 28 31 55 41 36 25 35 19 24 15 41 29 37 29 33Recreational vessel N N N 2 17 20 9 6 9 11 26 15 14 11 37 8 13MODU j N N N 13 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 3 0 19 3 2 2Platform N N N 9 U U U U U 1 1 0 0 U U U UFreight barge N N N 3 4 0 0 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0Tank barge N N N 3 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 1 0Miscellaneous N N 98 12 21 1 9 12 20 9 6 5 9 14 7 3 6Fatalities in recreational boating (vessel casualtiesonly), total 8 739 1,418 1,360 865 748 829 709 821 815 734 701 681 750 703 676 697 710Air thrust N N N N N 4 1 6 11 2 4 2 1 6 4 3 3Propeller N N N N N 475 363 436 462 421 439 326 506 421 433 355 438Inboard N 119 100 50 36 N N N N 50 48 34 60 40 39 24 39Outboard N 774 609 454 341 N N N N 326 328 245 372 320 322 259 301Inboard / outboard N 28 47 53 49 N N N N 35 49 32 47 47 43 61 69Jet N N 10 25 58 68 61 83 82 75 70 45 75 66 65 72 74Sail N 44 43 20 13 4 8 15 5 7 14 19 3 7 11 21 11Manual (oars, paddle) N 205 272 182 140 148 109 150 151 114 137 144 107 113 130 134 135Other N 29 14 5 12 8 8 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1Propulsion unknown N 219 265 76 135 122 159 121 104 115 37 145 58 90 33 111 48KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available.aRevenues paid by American travelers to U.S. and foreign flag carriers.bDoes not include vessel operators whose primary area of operation is fishing, towing, passenger transport, ferrying, or crewboat utility service.c Data for 2002 is based on new NAICS classifications and therefore comparisons between 2002 data and data for prior yearsmay be misleading. Prior to 2002 water transportation was calculated based on SIC classifications and included commercialport, marina, and other employees; excluding employees of not-for-hire private businesses. Data for water transportation in2002 includes NAICS categories 483100, 483200, 488300. Data for ships, boat building, and repairing is based on the NAICScategory 336600.dEstimate based on established active jobs for licensed and unlicensed personnel aboard oceangoing ships of 1,000 gross-tonsand over, privately owned and operated, government-owned ships under bare boat charters, ship managers and GeneralAgency Agreement, supplemented by Military Sealift Command employment totals for ships with Civil Service crews.eData is current as of January 1 of the following year with the exception of 1999 data, which is current as of Apr. 1, 1999. Dueto a change in the source's periodicity, the data for 1999 is not comparable to the data from years prior to 1999.f Freighters data include bulk carriers prior to calendar year 1983.g The U.S. Coast Guard changed its methodology for counting the number of recreational boats. Figures cited representnumber of numbered boats, not estimates as previously noted for 1960 and 1970.hDoes not include intraterritorial traffic (traffic between ports in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, which are considered a singleunit).i 1992-2002 data come from the Marine Safety Management Information System. Data for prior years may not be directlycomparable. Beginning in 2000, numbers may not add to totals because data is now recorded in a new information systemknown as MISLE, which does not associate every fatality and injury with a specific vessel.j Mobile Offshore Drilling Units.SOURCESUnless otherwise noted, refer to chapter tables for sources.1 Eno Transportation Foundation Inc., Transportation in America, 2007 (Washington, DC: 2007), pp. 32, 33, and 34.2 U.S. Department of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Services, Fisheries of the United States (Silver Spring, MD:Annual issues), p. 4 and similar pages in earlier editions.3 U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, MAR-450, personal communication.4 1960-1990: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment, Hours and Earnings, United States, 1909-1994 (Washington, DC: September 1994) and 1988-1996 (Washington, DC: August 1996), SICs 373 and 44. 1994-2006: Ibid.,available at http://www.bls.gov as of November 2007.5 U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, U.S. Merchant Marine Data Sheet (Washington, DC: Annualissues).61960-1998: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Summary of U.S. Flag Passenger & Cargo Vessels (New Orleans, LA: Annualissues). 1999-2005: Ibid., Waterborne Transportation Lines of the United States (New Orleans, LA: Annual issues) part 1,section 1, table 1 and 2.7U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Merchant Fleets of the World (Washington, DC: Annual issues),and unpublished revisions.8 U.S. Coast Guard, Boating Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues).9 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States (New Orleans, LA: Annual issues), part 5,section 1, tables 2, 3, and 4.10 1970-A321990: U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Investigations and Analysis, G-MAO-2, personal communication. 1994-2006:Ibid., Data Administration Division (G-MRI-1), personal communication, Feb. 13, 2002, July 2, 2003 and August 29, 2007.