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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 2022, 20 of the 27 bulk carrier losses in this analysis have had
investigation reports made available on IMO’s GISIS (Global Inte-
grated Shipping Information System) database, representing 74.1%
of the total. The average time from incident to a report becoming

available on GISIS has been 27.5 months for these investigations, with
the shortest seven months and the longest 44 months.

The following analysis shows those casualties that have been reported

by flag states and appear on the the IMO GISIS database.

Flag No. of cases GISIS with reports Average months* GISIS without report
Australia 1 1 37 -
Bahamas 1 1 7 -
China 1 - - 1
Cyprus 2 1 42 1
Hong Kong, China 3 3 28.3 -
Indonesia 1 1 27 -
Korea 1 - - 1
Liberia 2 2 52.5 -
Malta 1 1 44 -
Marshall Islands 2 2 23 -
Mexico 1 1 38 -
Panama 11 7 16.9 4
Total 27 20 27.5 7

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

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