Navigation hot spots - top 10 regions for collisions and groundings

Rank

Geographical location

Rate of incidents (collisions and groundings)
per 100 sailing days

1

St. Lawrence River - Great Lakes

12.1%

2

Chittagong (Bangladesh)

3.9%

3

Parana River

2.8%

4

North Sea and The Baltic

2.7%

5

Aegean Sea and Sea of Marmara

2.1%

6

Suez Canal

1.8%

7

Dover Strait / English Channel

1.7%

8

Tokyo to Osaka Bay

1.0%

9

Mississippi River

0.9%

10

Strait of Hormuz

0.4%