Safety Alert: Mobile harbour crane cracks

 

 

What happened:

During routine inspections, cracks were discovered in the diagonals on the booms of two mobile harbour cranes.

Key findings:

• Investigations concluded that the cause of the cracking was fatigue failure bought on by vortex induced vibration.

Considerations for members:

• Those members with mobile harbour cranes may wish to consider the following actions:
• Regular inspections of all areas of the mobile harbour crane.
• Increased planned maintenance schedule to ensure that the structure is sound.
• Review of operation and storage procedures to ensure that the mobile harbour cranes are being utilised as intended.

The above actions should all be carried out in consultation with the equipment manufacturer and relevant operating manual.

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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 the Port Skills & Safety and Port of Dover 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.

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