Safety Flash
NTSB: Vessel crane contact with shore-side crane
NTSB: Vessel crane contact with shore-side crane
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 11/25
- Crane and RiggingMarine Operations
- Vessel collision
- NavigationTowing
- Crane
- Safety communication
- Marine industry
- Port and quayside
Summary
This safety flash summarises an NTSB investigation into a crane barge contacting a dockside crane while being pushed at North Charleston Terminal. The probable cause was failure to identify the overhead hazard. Lessons highlight projecting dockside cranes, vessel air draft and bridge crews’ knowledge of vessel dimensions.
Classifications: Vessel collision; ship collision; marine allision.
Classifications: Navigation; vessel navigation; passage planning.
Classifications: Towing; towage.
Classifications: Crane; cranes.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Summary
The National Transportation Safety Board of the United States (NTSB) has published a report and an investigation.
IMCA SF 11/25. Themes: crane and rigging, marine operations.