Safety Flash
American P&I Club: Extreme bollard pull
American P&I Club: Extreme bollard pull
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 16/22
- Management of ChangeMarine OperationsVessel and Mooring
- Mechanical failureStructural and asset integrity
- Mooring operations
- Mooring fittingsMooring linesWinch
- Management of change
- Marine industry
- Port and quayside
Summary
A container vessel’s four bow lines overloaded a single dock bollard through their self-tensioning winches after crane obstruction prompted a departure from normal mooring practice. The bollard failed, but spring lines limited vessel movement and nobody was injured. The flash highlights bollard capacity checks and assessment of changed mooring arrangements.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Mooring operations; berthing; unmooring.
Classifications: Mooring fittings; cleats; bollards.
Classifications: Mooring lines; mooring rope; mooring wire.
Classifications: Winch; winches.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Summary
he American P&I Club, as part of it’s “Good Catch” safety series, has published learnings from an incident where bollards were pulled right out of the ground of the dock by the vessel.
IMCA SF 16/22. Themes: management of change, marine operations, vessel and mooring.