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Research on transport risk focuses on adverse events occurring in particular modes of transport. A review of literature and project works indicates that risk analyses are carried out separately for road, rail, air and water transport. A different approach to risk assessment in particular modes of transport results from significant differences occurring in the performance of transport in each of the distinguished transport systems. This procedure is fully justified. However, there is a common approach to risk assessment in water transport that combines inland and maritime transport. The review of publications on water transport risks in recent years indicates that while the scope of research into the risk of maritime transport is very well developed (e.g. [1]), the number of publications devoted to risks in inland transport is small. Meanwhile, the specificity of transport on rivers is completely different from the sea transport. Therefore, it is not possible to use analytical inference from research into the risk of maritime transport for inland transport management. The aim of the article is a comparative analysis of threats occurring in sea and river transport and indication of the need for a different approach to risk assessment in inland waterway transport. A comparative analysis was carried out on the basis of a literature review of 2007 - 2017 and interviews conducted among river vessel owners.
Keywords: water transport, risk assessment, comparative analysis© This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.