Lessons learned: Crane boom stopper fell to main deck
A recent IMCA Safety Flash focuses on an incident in which, a knuckle boom stopper pad fell to the main deck directly below the knuckle boom, to provide lessons learned.
Read moreA recent IMCA Safety Flash focuses on an incident in which, a knuckle boom stopper pad fell to the main deck directly below the knuckle boom, to provide lessons learned.
Read moreA seafarer of a Russian ship died on November 11, after a crane cable snapped, and goods fell on him.
Read moreA geared bulker hit an STS gantry crane at Puerto Moin, Costa Rica on October 20. While the ship's cranes cleared the first STS gantry, they made contact with the second.
Read moreThe containership Tiger Maanshan collided with a gantry crane while mooring at Hai An Port, Vietnam, on 10 August.
Read moreBSEE inspectors have observed multiple crane components in poor condition on idle facilities throughout the Gulf of Mexico.
Read moreThe bodies of 25 people have been recovered after a floating crane reportedly sank off south China’s Guangdong Province in early July.
Read moreOne 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.
Read moreHong 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.
Read moreBelgium'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.
Read moreAccording to local media sources a 316-meter-long containership took out two cranes at the Port of Kaohsiung in Taiwan.
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