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"Overlooking Runway 25 - Right, at Los Angeles International Airport"
On The Scene At Port Kwanyang (Gwangyang), South Korea
Feature Date: November 17 2007
Event Date: October 20, 2007
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"Overlooking Runway 25 - Right, at Los Angeles International Airport"
On The Scene -- At Port Kwanyang, South Korea
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"Kwanyang
Krane Kaboom" On The
Scene
At Port Kwanyang
(Gwangyang) South
Korea
The Date: October 20 2007
The Time: Mid Day
The Place: Port Kwanyang (Gwangyang), South Korea
You Are
Looking At The Outreach Out
There In The Little Black Cube Is The Crane Operators
Cabin. Below
The Cabin Are The Wire Ropes -- Ready To Grapple A
Container This is
A Ship To Shore (STS) Gantry Crane. Below
You In The Cabin Is A Glass Floor -- About 30 Meters Above
The Pier. No One
Has Ever Been Here Without A Certain Amount of Trepidation
- (This Is
Not The Crane From Our Feature) PROLOG
>>
Ship-to-Shore
(STS) gantry cranes are the workhorses of all the worlds
container ports. They work 24 hours a day and 365 days a
year. A
typical Super Post
Panamax STS Crane
or semi-rope trolley has a capacity of 50-65 tons, with
an outreach of 60-65 meters, with a hoisting speed of
90/180 meters per minute. A
container crane (also known as a
portainer,
container handling gantry crane, quay crane,
ship-to-shore crane, ship-to-shore gantry crane or a STS
crane) is a large dockside crane in the form of a
specialised type of gantry crane used to load and unload
container ships, and only seen at container terminals.
The term Portainer
is a registered trademark of
Paceco
Corp.
who is generally believed to have delivered the first
Container Crane to a marine terminal in Alameda, CA in
the 1960s. Container
cranes have a special lifting device called a spreader
(also known as Expandable
Spreader)
for loading and discharging of containers. The spreader
has four or eight (for twin 20 foot container lift)
twistlocks which lock and unlock into the cornercastings
of the containers and can be used in 20', 40', or 45'
positions depending on the size of the containers.
Horizontal
gantry rails and their supporting structure are
cantilevered out from between the frame uprights which
are spaced to allow containers to pass lengthwise between
them. The gantry rails project over the quayside and also
over the width of an adjacent ship allowing the hoist to
lift containers from the quay and move out along the
gantry rails on its trolley to place the containers on
the ship. The whole crane runs on two rails so that it
can traverse along the wharf (or the dock) to position
the containers at any point on the length of the
ship. This
Feature Concerns A Particular Ship To Shore (STS) Crane
Said Made By "Dalian
Port Machinery",
In Dalian, China -- Reported To Us As Having A problem On
Oct, 20 2007 -- This Is Said To Be Second Recent Problem
For The Same Equipment of This Company. If So, We Are
Eager To Learn The Details. We
will await reader comments -- but research shows only
Dalian
Sanfeng Port Machinery Co.,
Ltd.
as a name resembling "Dalian
Port Machinery"
-- and that concern does not manufature port cranes.
That
Fear Subsides With Experience
And
Confidence
In The Equipment
Michael
S. McDaniel
- Your Editor
Crane Operatins Begin As Usual at Port Kwanyang On Oct. 20 2007
A Maersk Vessel Takes On Her Cargo
Kaboom ! The Very Bad Thing Has Happened
The Outreach Has Freely Collapsed - The Crane Boom Has Failed & Snapped Off The Gantry. The Outreach Has Falen On Top of The Unidentified Maersk Vessel -- Likely An "M" Class
A Catastrophic Failure Hits Vessel & Pier - Tons of Steel Crash
The Cargo Boom Crahes Over The Maersk Vessel For Touchdown In The Sea
Crashed Shipside
Wing of The Bridge - Visited By A Steel Boom Wing of The Bridge - Crushed By Broken Steel
Crushed Containers -- The Cargo Also Suffers Under This Strike & Weight
Tons of Steel Collapse The Vessel Container Bays - Normally The Work of A Major Typhoon
A Major Cargo Malfunction At Port Kwanyang Happy Cargo Operations
From The Maersk Corporate Intranet:
"On 20 October 2007, when the vessel M/V MAERSK MYTILINI was preparing to leave the port of Kwangyang, South Korea, a boom from a shore gantry crane detached itself and fell on to the vessel's deck in front of the bridge.The boom has caused servere damage to the navigation bridge, the deck, and a number of containers stowed on deck. Fortunately no personnel were injured and there is no pollution reported.
The cause of the accident and extent of damage to the vessel and cargo is being investigated. In the meantime all reefers are under power.
The vessel needs to undergo repairs in order to continue the voyage, and this will result in a delay to the vessel. We are currently working on relief plans for the cargo onboard."
From Our Reader - Oct. 31
I think maybe the "KE" refers to Kwanyang East. Searching on the internet shows that Hutchison runs the Kwangyang terminal and it has 2 sections, possibly East and West.I asked our maintenance guys if they had any info and I received this (a Spanish speaker writing in English)
Anonymou Contributor Who Has Brouight Us Many Features
Shippers Must Have Quality Marine Cargo Insurance ........ Because......... "Ship Happens! ©"
If We Have Ever Provided A Cautionary Tale In Support of Cargo Insurance -- This Is It!
To Repeat -- No Matter How Careful You Are -- Or Who You Hire ....... "Ship Happens! ©"
"Ship Happens! ©"
The Dedication of This Feature Is Simple: To Port Stevedores Worldwide And their families. These Are Dangerous Jobs, Mostly Unappreciated, Often Underpaid.
SPECIAL NOTE: The historic dangers of carriage by sea continue to be quite real. Shippers must be encouraged to purchase high quality marine cargo insurance from their freight forwarder or customs broker. It's dangerous out there.
INDEX TO OUR "Kwanyang Krane Kaboom" PAGE SPECIAL FEATURES:Container CranesContainer CranesSimulation of Port Container Crane (PDF)
Port of Kwangyang (Port of Gwangyang), South Korea
Our Daily Vessel Casualties - stay informed
Other Ocean Related Features From The Cargo Letter- these are just examples
The Cargo Letter Photo Gallery of Transport Loss - For All The Air & Ocean Features - a few examples below"Den Den Done" - M/V Denden - Sept. 2007
"For The "L" of It" - M/V Action Alpha - August 2007
"Pepito Flores Did Not Need To Die " - OUR INVESTIGATION RESULTS
"Stack Attack!" - M/V Ital Florida - July 2007
"Riding Down The Marquis" - M/V Rickmars Dalian - June2007
"Carrying Coal To Newcastle" - M/V Pasha Bulker - June 2007
"Between A Yacht & A Hard Place" M/V Madame Butterfly - May 2007
"Boxing Up The Rhine" M/V Excelsior - April 2007
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BestWorst Laid Plans?" M/V Republica di Genoa - March 2007"Crack'n On The Sidmouth" - M/V MSC Napoli - Jan. 2007
"Operation Jumbo Drop" - M/V Jumbo Challenger - March 2007
"Wrong Way Agulhas?" - M/V Safmarine Agulhas - Jan. 2007
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"Where The Trade Winds Blew" - Oct. 2006
"Maersk Montevideo Melee!" - M/V Leda Maersk - Oct. 2006
"Laying Down On The Job" - M/V Cargo Ace - Aug. 2006 The Marty Johnson Project Continues
"A Day A The Beach - M/V APL Panama - Jan. 2006
"Great Misfortune"- M/V Hyundai Fortune - March 2006
"Unstacked - Overboard With Dr. Beach" - Oct. 2004
"Columbia River Round Up" - June 2003
"Halifax Hash"--M/V Maersk Carolina - Jan. 2003
"Piñata" - breaking the box - Jan. 2003
"T-E-U Bar-Be-Cue" - aftermath of the M/V Pennsylvania Loss - Nov. 2002
"Container Pool" - a mystery - May 2002
"Dropping In On The Trucker" -happened again - April 2002
"Meals: Ready To Explode" - Navy Barbecue at Guam June 2001
"M/V Ville D' Orion" - Bad L.A. Stack Disaster! April 2001 -- UPDATED - May 2002
"Pier Review" - Sept. 2001
"Singles Only" - visit our individual moments of transport crisis for more.
The Greatest Container Losses Of All Time - these are the grand fathers -
M/V OOCL America
SPECIAL NOTE: The historic dangers of carriage by sea continue to be quite real. Shippers must be encouraged to purchase high quality marine cargo insurance from their freight forwarder or customs broker.It's very dangerous out there.
Thanks To Our Contributors For The "Kwanyang Krane Kaboom" Feature
Our Contributors for this feature are:Anonymou Contributor Who Has Brouight Us Many Features -- But Must Be Anonymous*Captain Mike Linbeck - General Manager, Ewig International Marine Corporation
Wim Mahieu
The Cargo Letter appreciates the continuing efforts of these valued contributors. Thanks Pal For Your Years of Contributions!
NOTE: Please Provide Us With Your Additional Information For This Loss.
EDITOR'S NOTE FOR SURVEYORS, ATTORNEYS & MARINE ADJUSTERS: The Internet edition effort of The Cargo Letter now celebrates it's 8th Year of Service -- making us quite senior in this segment of the industry. We once estimated container underway losses at about 1,500 per year. Lloyd's put that figure at about 10,000 earlier this year. Quite obviously, the reporting mechanism for these massive losses is not supported by the lines. News of these events is not posted to the maritime community. Our new project is to call upon you -- those handling the claims -- to let us know of each container loss at sea-- in confidentiality. Many of you survey on behalf of cargo interests with no need for confidentiality. Others work for the lines & need to be protected. As a respected Int'l publication, The Cargo Letter enjoys full press privileges & cannot be forced to disclose our sources of information. No successful attempt has ever been made. If a personal notation for your report is desired -- each contributor will be given a "hot link" to your company Website in each & every report. Please take moment & report your "overside" containers to us. If you do not wish attribution, your entry will be "anonymous." This will will benefit our industry -- for obvious reasons! McD
* NOTE: The Cargo Letter wants you to know that by keeping the identity of our contributors 100% Confidential, you are able to view our continuing series of "Cargo Disasters." Our friends send us materials which benefit the industry. The materials are provided to our news publication with complete and enforceable confidentiality for the sender. In turn, we provide these materials to you.
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