Tag: cranes

The containership Tiger Maanshan collided with a gantry crane while mooring at Hai An Port, Vietnam, on 10 August.

BSEE inspectors have observed multiple crane components in poor condition on idle facilities throughout the Gulf of Mexico.

The bodies of 25 people have been recovered after a floating crane reportedly sank off south China’s Guangdong Province in early July.

One seafarer died and another one was injured following the failure of an overhead monorail provision crane aboard an RMI-flagged 2014-built ultramax bulk carrier, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) informed. 

Hong Kong MARDEP shared lessons learned from a fatal fall onboard a Hong Kong-registered bulk carrier. The Bosun and a sailor used the provision crane as a movable working platform to paint the underdeck area above. Due to adverse weather, the crane suddenly moved towards the shipside quickly and they had to jump down to escape. 

Belgium's FEBIMA issued an investigation report on the fatality of a crew member onboard the general cargo ship ATLANTIC PROJECT II while in the Port of Antwerp in February 2021. The investigation stressed that the contingency plan on crane lifting operations was not fully implemented.

According to local media sources a 316-meter-long containership took out two cranes at the Port of Kaohsiung in Taiwan.

International Marine Contractors Association issued its monthly Safety Flashes for April, summarizing key safety matters and incidents.

A worker at the US Port of Savannah's Garden City Terminal died in a crane accident in the early morning hours of Friday, according to information by the Georgia Ports Authority. 

Following the latest version of IMCA's Safety Flashes, it is noted a case where during offshore operations, crane wire parted causing the load to fall to the sea.