Özet:

Turkish Straits have great importance in marine transportation because of their geographical positions. This project contains marine accidents encountered at the Çanakkale Strait in years between 2004-2014, analysis of accidents and their statistical information. Offering suggestions about prevention of marine accidents that may be encountered at the Çanakkale Strait is aimed in this project by using statistical information obtained from accident analysis. Accident information taken from AAKKM’s (Ana Arama Kurtarma Koordinasyon Merkezi - Main Search and Rescue Coordination Center) web site is analyzed according to accident causes, accident types, vessel types and vessel flags also sectors in Çanakkale Strait and distribution by months and results of analysis are put into graphics. Areas where accidents happened frequently are appointed by fixing accident positions which are in the Marmara Sea Turkey Çanakkale Strait Chart scaled in 1:75.000 and numbered as TR 212. The analysis reveals that, "Dry Bulk Carrier (including General Cargo)" is the most common vessel type and "Grounding" is the most common accident type in cases. In addition, "Sector Nara" came into prominence according to distribution by sectors. There are no leading months according to distribution by months and number of accidents in months is close to one another. Finally, recommendations regarding prevention of accidents are given through evaluating the results of the analysis

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