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Feature Date: November 17 2007

Event Date: October 20, 2007

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"Kwanyang Krane Kaboom"

On The Scene

At Port Kwanyang (Gwangyang)

South Korea

A Cargo Nightmare Prize Contender

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 -

That Fear Subsides With Experience And Confidence In The Equipment

(This Is Not The Crane From Our Feature)

The Prolog To Disaster -- Operations At The Port of Kwanyang
 

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.

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 brokerIt's dangerous out there.


INDEX TO OUR "Kwanyang Krane Kaboom" PAGE SPECIAL FEATURES:

Container Cranes
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Container Crane References

Simulation of Port Container Crane (PDF)

Port of Kwangyang (Port of Gwangyang), South Korea

Paceco Corp


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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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