Tag: lifting appliances

Marine Safety Forum issued a Safety Alert summarizing a case where a crewmember experienced two snagging events during lifting operations.

IMCA released its Safety Flashes for October, summarizing a case where a topsides started swinging during lifting.

UK MAIB published its investigation report into a fatal accident on board the Gibraltar registered general cargo vessel Cimbris at Antwerp, Belgium on 14 July 2020.

In its first Safety Digest for 2021, the UK MAIB describes a case where a lifting gear crashed to the deck, causing serious head injury.

Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has decided to investigate a lifting incident involving a personal injury on Equinor's Oseberg B facility in the North Sea, on 16 April 2020. 

CHIRP published its Maritime Feedback 54, which is its first bulletin of 2019. The bulletin includes reports on lifting operations, proactive port authority, AIS and ECDIS offsets, heat and fatigue, and safety briefings. Regarding lifting operations a report describes an operation in which several areas presented a high potential for an accident to occur.

Dutch Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) announced the development of an innovative way of lifting 'to redefine the boundaries of lifting operations offshore'. The 'QUAD lifting' enables HMC to integrally install and/or remove oversized topsides or jackets, guaranteeing lower overall project costs. 

IMO provided an overview of the latest progress made at the 5th session of its Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment that took place on 12-16 March 2018. Key issues included ventilation of enclosed lifeboats, shore power supply, life saving equipment in polar waters, fire prevention on ro-ro ships, as well as use of lifting appliances onboard.

The Shipowners' Club issued a guidance note, regarding the reactivation of a vessel following a period of lay-up, noting that whether it be an offshore support vessel, or any type of vessel, reactivation following a period of lay-up requires very careful management in fully assessing the risks involved.

Hong Kong Merchand of Shipping issued a note, informing about an accident that occurred on board a Hong Kong registered container vessel, during which a fitter was seriously injured by a falling hook block of a monorail transverse hoist from a height of approximate 7 metres.