# MARITIME SAFETY TRENDS 2014-2024 by DNVGL **URL:** \ **Category:** Marine Safety\ **Created:** [June 8, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-safety-trends-2014-2024-by-dnvgl/72766 "2025-06-08T20:33:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![spowiednick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/spowiednick/32/35668_2.png) [@spowiednick](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/spowiednick)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-safety-trends-2014-2024-by-dnvgl/72766/1 "2025-06-08T20:33:19Z")
AGING SHIPS, RISING RISKS In a fast-evolving maritime industry, safety must remain priority, says Knut-Ørbeck Nilssen, CEO, DNV Maritime These are exciting and challenging times for the maritime industry. > **[DNV\_Maritime\_Safety\_Trends\_2014-2024\_c.pdf](https://maritimecyprus.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/DNV_Maritime_Safety_Trends_2014-2024_c.pdf)** > > 1064.98 KB As the global maritime industry navigates a decade of transformation, marked by decarbonization, digitalization, and geopolitical instability, a pressing concern is quietly compounding beneath the surface: the ageing fleet. The 2024 _DNV Maritime Safety Trends_ report delivers a stark warning—older vessels are driving a surge in incidents, with machinery failures at the helm. [Sailing on Borrowed Time: Why Shipowners Must Confront Fleet Age](https://maritimecyprus.com/2025/06/08/sailing-on-borrowed-time-why-shipowners-must-confront-fleet-age/) ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-safety-trends-2014-2024-by-dnvgl/72766/2 "2025-06-09T14:31:25Z")
> [@spowiednick](#): > > AGING SHIPS, RISING RISKS Meanwhile: > **[New ship orders plummet - Splash247](https://splash247.com/new-ship-orders-plummet/)** > > The global shipbuilding industry is currently experiencing a significant downturn in newbuilding orders, primarily due to regulatory uncertainties and geopolitical tensions. This decline is particularly evident in the dry bulk sector, where new... ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-safety-trends-2014-2024-by-dnvgl/72766/3 "2025-06-12T10:57:30Z")
An example?: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/0/8/08cf243e972c6f8d237a868ce7a8fabefc75ced4.jpeg) Abandoned and sinking (??) in the Indian Ocean. > **[Crew rescued from sinking bulker in Indian Ocean - Splash247](https://splash247.com/crew-rescued-from-sinking-bulker-in-indian-ocean/)** > > All 23 crewmembers aboard the Panama-flagged bulk carrier Run Fun 3 have been rescued after abandoning their sinking ship in the Indian Ocean. The 172-m-long ship, built in 1997, departed Singapore and was sailing towards Togo when it began sinking... > [@](#): > > The 172-m-long ship, built in 1997, departed Singapore and was sailing towards Togo when it began sinking due to an unknown cause of cargo hold flooding. > “The crew of the _Run Fu 3_ did everything possible to save their vessel, but at 08.15hrs local time, their captain made the decision to abandon ship,” CTM said. > > The crew who escaped on life rafts were drifting at sea and were picked up by another bulk carrier, the _Maple Harbour_ PS\> “As usual” the lifeboats are still in the davits, while the crew has abandoned ship in liferafts. (or more common, lifted off by helicopters) > **[BalticShipping.com](https://www.balticshipping.com/vessel/imo/9138903)** ---
**Author:** ![spowiednick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/spowiednick/32/35668_2.png) [@spowiednick](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/spowiednick)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 11:23am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-safety-trends-2014-2024-by-dnvgl/72766/4 "2025-06-12T11:23:41Z")
Seems to me that abandoning the ship is the most favourite sport nowadays. Would suggest to increase the frequecy of abbandon ship drills and " abandon " the idea of all other drills dealing with saving the cargo/property like fire drills , loss of stability drills , loss of power drills , progressive flooding drills and all this time consuming idiotic mostly table top excercises . Focus on life saving drills and the rest ?..F …ck it . Who excePt insurance cares. Why ?? My biggest life insurance as per shit short time contracts with German & Greek managers was 150 000 oiros. 😅 😅 😅 😅 the permanent disability was even more laughable . This is how valuable are the lives of " mid european peasants " ( as some here are fond of saying) and other flock of FOC cheap labor reservoirs, for the milking/ripping off/robbing champions of western civilisation. 😉 What is most surprising , this COLLOSAL blood sucking monsters -now retired , have discovered in themselves the calling for helping this poor , suffering , underpaid, abandoned , interned on ships ( covid) creatures, Almost all this CEOs murphed magically into Maria Teresas of Calcuta , engaging in turbo charged virtue signalling campaign on many forums . DISGUSTING