Maritime Bulletin (MB) recently published the list of accidents they reported. MB finds about maritime accidents involving merchant marine ships at the earliest.
Accidents reported
MB monitors only some major accidents in their development and outcome, i.e. further development of most parts of reported accidents isn’t monitored.
Below is the table of accidents reported by MB from 2016 to May 2020.
| Month Year | Nu. of accidents | Nu. Of ships lost | Casualties | Kidnapped crew |
| May 2020 | 78 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Apr 2020 | 67 | 4 | 31 | 18 |
| Mar 2020 | 82 | 8 | 16 | 11 |
| Feb 2020 | 76 | 3 | 26 | 10 |
| Jan 2020 | 78 | 2 | 18 | 3 |
| Dec 2019 | 87 | 4 | 13 | 51 |
| Nov 2019 | 89 | 9 | 9 | 20 |
| Oct 2019 | 70 | 7 | 28 | |
| Sep 2019 | 88 | 5 | 76 | |
| Aug 2019 | 79 | 6 | 120+ | 17 |
| Jul 2019 | 68 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| Jun 2019 | 80 | 3 | 33 | |
| May 2019 | 91 | 4 | 17 | |
| Apr 2019 | 74 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| Mar 2019 | 104 | 4 | 22 | 8 |
| Feb 2019 | 94 | 5 | 47 | |
| Jan 2019 | 108 | 11 | 59 | 6 |
| Dec 2018 | 96 | 9 | 19 | |
| Nov 2018 | 95 | 6 | 17 | 8 |
| Oct 2018 | 101 | 6 | 11 | 15+? |
| Sep 2018 | 105 | 5 | 26 | 12 |
| Aug 2018 | 76 | 2 | 26 | |
| July 2018 | 89 | 4 | 32 | |
| June 2018 | 89 | 5 | 36 | |
| May 2018 | 98 | 5 | 10 | |
| April 2018 | 81 | 4 | 11 | 11 |
| March 2018 | 126 | 5 | 15 | 5 |
| February 2018 | 96 | 5 | 15 | |
| January 2018 | 149 | 13 | 87 | 22 |
| December 2017 | 115 | 8 | 25 | 10 |
| November 2017 | 128 | 17 | 34 | 10 |
| October 2017 | 113 | 9 | 46 | 6 |
| September 2017 | 93 | 4 | 14 | |
| August 2017 | 106 | 9 | 49 | |
| July 2017 | 113 | 14 | 18 | |
| June 2017 | 110 | 5 | 31 | |
| May 2017 | 124 | 10 | 17 | 7 |
| April 2017 | 114 | 7 | 32 | 14 |
| March 2017: 122 | 122 | 10 | 52 | 2 |
| February 2017 | 120 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| January 2017 | 141 | 8 | 21 | |
| December 2016 | 173 | 15 | 80 | |
| November 2016 | 167 | 7 |
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Source: Maritime Bulletin
