Allianz's claims in their 2016 annual Safety and Shipping Review shipping losses continue a long-term downward trend with 85 total losses reported worldwide in 2015. The report claims this trend is in large part driven by an increasingly robust safety environment and self-regulation."The fact that superstorms are causing ships to sink is concerning,” says Sven Gerhard, Global Product Leader Hull & Marine Liabilities, AGCS. “We are seeing more and heavier natural catastrophe events." Gerhard further stated "we don't know why [ships are driving into heavy weather] it is happening but Weather routing will continue to be a critical component to the safe navigation of vessels.”

Is this like stating that freight trains are causing more cars to crash into them at rail crossings?

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