Crane accidents and how to prevent them*

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Accidents and emergencies involving quayside cranes are occurring more frequently in ports around the world. Portek’s own “case load” has risen from four or five incidents a year to more than 12. Its overall assessment is that frequency of incidents where damage exceeds US$0.2M has risen to around 40 a year. Based on a global population of 4000 quayside cranes, this computes to a probability of about 1%. Incidents normally, but by no means always, involve insurance claims and repairs could cost

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Crane accidents and how to prevent them*

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Accidents and emergencies involving quayside cranes are occurring more frequently in ports around the world. Portek’s own “case load” has risen from four or five incidents a year to more than 12. Its overall assessment is that frequency of incidents where damage exceeds US$0.2M has risen to around 40 a year. Based on a global population of 4000 quayside cranes, this computes to a probability of about 1%. Incidents normally, but by no means always, involve insurance claims and repairs could cost

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