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A study to create country-specific decision making to help improve safety of domestic ferry accidents in seven high-risk countries has been carried out.
Countries like Indonesia and the Philippines (archipelagic), Bangladesh (river deltaic), the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, and Senegal (extensive river systems), and Tanzania (great lakes, rivers, and archipelago) have experienced numerous ferry accidents and fatalities over the past two decades. These countries are considered high-risk in the ferry transport sector.
Domestic ferry accidents are much more common in less developed countries, causing many deaths and injuries, compared to ferry travel in wealthy countries and during international voyages. In response, the international community works continually to improve domestic ferry safety.
As part of this particular campaign, and with a view to identifying focus areas, a scoping study has been conducted on the seven high-risk countries listed above, analysing, amongst other things, past domestic ferry accidents, maritime profile, regulatory and governance climate, political landscape, and amenability to change.
The study proposes a conceptual framework to improve country-specific decision-making capacity. Safety interventions were proposed based on their likelihood of success and the relative significance of their positive safety impact.
This report builds on previous work from Interferry and Lloyd’s Register Foundation, learning from improved safety standards in the Filipino ferry industry and sharing this knowledge with other developing countries.
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