Tag: cranes

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. 

MITSUI E&S has received an order from Port of Haiphong Joint Stock Company (CHP) for thirty cranes. This order is one of the largest ever for both CHP and MITSUI E&S.

The Port of Savannah received four Super Post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes on 24th August, upgrading the crane fleet to 34 machines at Garden City Terminal after four older cranes are retired and recycled.

On 9th July, a car carrier tore loose from its mooring and went adrift in the harbor at Bremerhaven striking a dock at the Lloyd Werft shipyard and knocking over a crane.

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.

A seafarer of a Russian ship died on November 11, after a crane cable snapped, and goods fell on him.

A 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.