The accident occurred while the vessel was offloading cargo from a Vietnam Ocean Shipping Joint Stock Company. The crane fell down on the cargo and the workers near the vessel.
Harbour Mobile Crane has collapsed in Vietnam, reports say that several dockworkers are trapped on deck
The number of fatalities and injured people remains unknown. Several ambulances entered the port area.
Emergency teams have been working throughout the day to free workers who were trapped under the metal construction.
Rescue under way, some port workers reportedly are trapped inside debris and in the hold. Vessel arrived to Ho Chi Minh from Hai Phong .
The site of the accident has been cordoned off for further investigation.
Source: fleetmon.com
SHIPBOARD DOCKWORKER CRUSHED BY COLLAPSED MOBILE HARBOR CRANE (HCM CITY, VN ~ 24 NOVEMBER 2015)
Reports coming to Blueoceana Company indicate that a large mobile harbor crane collapsed at its base while engaged in cargo operations at the afterend of the C/V FORTUNE NAVIGATOR at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam last night.
The attached news article provides some basic facts, some of which we’re a bit skeptical of.
However, we understand through independent means that several longshore workers were trapped on deck within the rubble, and also that one of them had died as a result of crushing injuries. From friends on the ground there, we also understand that the crane was likely overloaded.
We note that mobile harbor cranes such as these slew on a bull ring at their base. The superstructure turns on circular bearings that require close examination and lubrication at manufacturer-designated intervals. If that doesn’t occur, devastating collapses can and do happen.
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