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The importance of bulk carrier safety remains There is no room for complacency. It is the
paramount. INTERCARGO’s contributions intention of INTERCARGO to continue to work
have been instrumental in reducing vessel and tirelessly with all stakeholders in order to im-
crew losses since the challenging period of prove bulk carrier safety and ultimately to strive
1980-2000. Specifically during 1990-2000, the for zero losses of seafarers’s lives and zero
sector experienced annual losses of between losses of dry bulk ships every year.
5 and 26 bulk carriers, with tragic seafarer
fatalities ranging from 23 to 186 per year. Safety remains fundamental in all operations.
INTERCARGO continues to advocate for safe
The dry bulk sector is encouraged to note that decarbonisation practices whilst promoting
there have been marked improvements in the crew safety initiatives and enhanced bulk car-
number of bulk carrier total losses since 2017 rier management protocols in pursuit of our
and significant improvements in the total number zero-loss objective.
of lives lost since 2020. INTERCARGO believes
that the dry bulk sector should be proud of this February 2025
achievement and recognise that improved safety
is to be largely attributed to constant learning,
better crew training, improved ship design, new 1 Liquefaction is used in this report to describe
moisture-related cargo failure mechanisms such as
technology and stronger regulatory compliance. liquefaction and dynamic separation.

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