[UCANSEE2]

A question I have is.... How many NON MILITARY VESSELS have been hit by cargo ships in the past year, in that area ?

[Presbyterian Reporter]

“”A question I have is.... How many NON MILITARY VESSELS have been hit by cargo ships in the past year, in that area ?””

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It seems that I read somewhere that Singapore was quite proud of the fact there had been a dearth of accidents in very crowded waters until the USS McCain collision.

Here is a link to a somewhat related article:
Collision Safety in the Malacca Straits and Singapore Waters

https://www.skuld.com/Documents/Topics/Navigation/Geographical/Collisions%20in%20the%20Malacca%20and%20Singapore%20Straits.pdf?epslanguage=en

[Presbyterian Reporter]

Here is another study of accidents in the Singapore Straits.

“Firstly, the annual maritime accident occurrence frequency in the Singapore Strait ranges 25 from 17.6 to 33.0, namely, only not more than 0.005% vessels could be involved in an accident when passing through the Strait.””

Given there are 80,000 ships passing thru the Singapore Strait each year, being one of those 18 to 33 ships who gets involved in an accident is significant.

http://docs.trb.org/prp/12-1030.pdf