Ferry transport is frequently associated with accidents and fatalities in many countries. Deadly ferry accidents are fairly common, and globally, ferry accidents have caused countless deaths and injuries. Even a single accident can, at times, cause fatalities in the order of hundreds of lives besides property loss. It is no coincidence that ferry transportation is an integral part of the domestic transport infrastructure in many countries, particularly archipelagic countries such as Indonesia and the Philippines, river deltaic countries like Bangladesh, countries with extensive riverine systems such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Nigeria, or even a combination of great lakes, rivers and archipelago such as Tanzania. Incidentally, these are the very countries experiencing a high number of accidents and fatalities over the past two decades and, therefore, considered high-risk countries in the ferry transport sector. The international community is continuously seeking to enhance safety in the domestic ferry industry. Thus, as part of the ongoing initiatives, under a generous grant kindly provided by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation through Interferry, the World Maritime University conducted scoping study on the safety of domestic ferry industries in seven high-risk countries- Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Senegal, and Nigeria as identified through accident records in the Arcsilea database.