ICHCA Australia Event – 20 August 2024
ICHCA Australia is thrilled to announce an upcoming event in partnership with SCLAA that delves into crucial economic insights for 2025. Keynote speaker Paul Bloxham, Chief Economist at HSBC, will shed light on Global Economic Headwinds for 2025.
Additionally, panelists Sandy Padey and Brendan Richards will offer valuable insights into effective management strategies during uncertain times.
Venue: Bells Hotel, 157 Moray Street, South Melbourne, VIC
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Please book early places are limited.
FULL DETAILS BELOW:
Key findings:
• Pre-incident crane wheels had been visually inspected monthly, but wear measurements were not recorded or compared.
Subsequent actions:
• Additional controls were introduced; including increased frequency of wheel flange thickness checks, the reduction of trolleying speed and a limitation to the distance travelled by the gantry crane.
• A project to replace existing long travel motors and eliminate ‘crabbing’ has been expedited.
• Work has commenced to stabilise the deterioration of concrete under the crane rail and strengthen the foundation.
• A significant portion of the crane rail has been identified for renewal.
• Periodic review of asset management and maintenance programmes will be conducted to ensure ongoing understanding of lifecycle and upgrade requirements.
Considerations for members:
Members may wish to consider the following actions:
• Assess their own rail mounted gantry cranes for similar issues.
• Review rail mounted gantry crane maintenance programmes to ensure inspection of wheels and motors is included at suitable frequency.
• Review asset management programmes to ensure that equipment and infrastructure lifecycles and upgrade requirements are considered.
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ICHCA International is committed to helping industry to learn lessons fast, learn them once and make sure that they stay learnt. This information is intended to provide all organisations in the cargo supply chain with the opportunity to consider the events and to review and adapt their own health and safety control measures to proactively prevent future incidents
We are grateful to Port Skills & Safety and Peel Ports for providing details and for raising awareness. We acknowledge their commitment to sharing learning to benefit others. If you have similar operations, please share this information with managers, operatives and any potentially affected third parties as appropriate. Please also review any of your relevant operations for similar hazardous conditions, risks, and controls. Learning content like this is highly valuable as it is based on real-world experience. We encourage everyone with publishable information about incidents to send it to us, so that we can raise awareness across the whole industry. Please contact us at secretariat@ichca.com; sharing your insight could save a life or prevent injury.