Tag: cranes

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.

A containership collided with a crane near Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam on February 21, causing the collapse of the crane onto the vessel.

Indonesian port management company Pelindo 4 will deploy a solution by Nokia to provide LTE wireless connectivity for remote real-time monitoring of its crane performance and operation.

In its latest Safety Flashes, IMCA focused on a crane operation, which one of the hydraulic hoses caught on the protruding grease fitting of the boom bearings.

Transport Malta MSIU issued an investigation report on a serious injury of a crew member while testing the rescue boat crane onboard the oil/chemical tanker Ruby-T, on 20 October 2019. The report found likely that the bosun was distracted from understanding the actual risks of his own actions, as he was most probably concerned about the damages to the wire.

A crane worker was injured after the giant container ship 'MSC MIA' collided with a gantry crane while manoeuvring at the Spanish Port of Valencia, in the morning hours of Sunday.

Port du Havre has welcomed four of the world's largest latest-generation gantries to the GMP - PortSynergy-operated Terminal de France.

The Port of Oakland’s largest marine terminal said it has cut diesel emissions from all 13 of its massive yard cranes by 95% after retrofitting them with hybrid electric engines. Terminal operator Stevedoring Services of America (SSA) estimates that the project will eliminate about 1,200 metric tons of GHG emissions annually from each crane.