Tag: cranes

AGCT announced its step towards more community-friendly operations by installing white noise reversing alarms.

A recent incident has left the Chinese-flagged heavy lift ship Shang De Wu Yi Shan damaged after two gantry cranes it was transporting fell into the sea off the Spanish coast.

On 23 November the offshore support vessel BRAVE TERN knocked a 25-ton mobile crane onto a small barge at the Navantia Shipyard in Spain.

A.P. Moller-Maersk announced that the new terminal in Rijeka, Croatia has received the first two of its four ship-to-shore (STS) cranes.

According to reports, the crane on the deck of the general cargo vessel Anka Sun collapsed as the vessel was anchored off Ahirkapi, Turkey.

IMCA has issued a Safety Flash describing an incident of main crane failure during load test in which the crane main block wires broke.

A container vessel flying the flag of Hong Kong and owned by Taiwan's Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation was involved in a major incident on 16th March while attempting to dock at the Evyap Port located to the east of Istanbul, Turkey.

Britannia Club emphasizes the indispensable role of cranes in shipboard activities, facilitating efficient cargo handling and supporting diverse maritime functions.

The US Coast Guard (USCG) has issued a safety notice to draw lessons learned from a recent marine casualty involving a shipboard crane, which occurred while a 69-ton wind turbine nacelle was being offloaded.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released an investigation report on a crane wire failure onboard cargo ship Thorco Basilisk that took place in July 2022 in Houston, Texas.