擱淺,又稱座礁,是指船舶因航行至不足以使之正常漂浮於水面上的水深,而使船舶接觸到海床河床等岸邊陸地。[1]它可能是蓄意安排的,例如戰爭時運送貨物及人員的船隻搶灘登陸,或是需要進行維修保養時的船隻;也可能是非蓄意的海上意外。

2021年3月23日擱淺於埃及蘇伊士運河長榮海運貨櫃船長賜輪

擱淺不一定會對船隻造成致命的損害,但若船體破損嚴重可能會導致船體進水,可能會嚴重損害船舶的結構完整性、穩定性和安全性,並可能使船上所載的油或其他有害物質洩出,造成水體污染[2][3]

參考資料

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  2. ^ Mazaheri, A., and Ylitalo, J., (2010), “Comments on geometrical modeling of ship grounding”, 5th International Conference on Collision and Grounding of Ships (ICCGS), June 14th - 16th, Espoo, Finland
  3. ^ Montewka, J., Krata, P., Goerlandt, F., Mazaheri, A., Kujala, P., (2011), “Marine traffic risk modelling - an innovative approach and a case study”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O, Journal of Risk and Reliability, Vol.225, No.3, pp.307-322, doi:10.1177/1748006X11399988