22 deaths worldwide involving EU ships in 2025
In 2025, there were 22 fatalities in maritime accidents worldwide involving EU-registered ships, up by 7 from 2024. There were also 3 fatalities in accidents within the EU territorial seas involving ships registered outside the EU. Between 2021 and 2025, on average, 27 people died worldwide each year in maritime accidents involving EU-registered ships. This ...
In 2025, EU-registered ships were involved in 22 maritime fatalities globally, marking a 7% increase from the previous year. These accidents spanned various oceans and territorial waters. The majority of deaths occurred in cargo ships and fishing vessels, with passenger ships and recreational crafts recording only 2 fatalities each.
Notably, 19 out of the 22 victims were crew members, with no passenger fatalities recorded in this period. Among the victims, 3 were not crew members but rather service personnel, dock workers, pilots, or inspectors. The data, sourced from Eurostat's recently published maritime safety statistics, also revealed that accidents happened in the Atlantic Ocean (10), the Mediterranean Sea (2), the North Sea (2), and the Baltic Sea (1). The remaining deaths were registered in locations outside the EU and unknown.
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