Data involves incidents that happened either to ships flying a flag of one of the EU Member States; within EU Member States’ territorial sea and internal waters; or involve other substantial interests of the EU Member States.
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Maritime incidents in the EU by ship type 2014-2020
The majority of maritime incidents that occurred within the waters of EU member states or involved ships flying a member states' flag happened to cargo ships between 2014 and 2020. In 2020, almost cargo ships were involved in a maritime incident, followed by over *** fishing vessels.
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