IN THIS ISSUE...
- ICHCA In-Person Technical Panel & AGM - Save The Date 19 May 2025
- TT Innovation in Safety Awards - entries open 2 September 2024
- Current Awareness Bulletin - For IMO Themes and News - June 2024
- Safety Alert: Health Hazard to a Dock Worker Due to Electric Shock When Connecting a Refrigerated Container on Board a Container Ship.
- Safety Alert: Slow Speed Gantry Crane Derailment
- Events Calendar
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1. ICHCA In-Person Technical Panel & AGM - Save The Date 19 May 2025
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We are excited to announce our in-person ICHCA Technical Panel and Annual General Meeting in Barcelona on 19 May 2025.
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This meeting will give ICHCA members the opportunity to meet face to face, to network, share and learn together. Our meeting is in partnership with ICHCA member Transport Events. All ICHCA members attending our meeting will receive a complimentary delegate registration for the full three days of ‘Mediterranean Port & Logistics 2025’ with the chance to participate in a Port de Barcelona technical site visit, networking reception, international ports and logistics conference, exhibition and networking dinner.
The ICHCA programme will be developed over the coming weeks and we will share details as they are confirmed.
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Please reserve 19 May 2025 in your diary, if you have any questions, click below to email us.
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2. TT Innovation in Safety Awards - Entries Open 2 September 2024
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The Award is the centrepiece of TT Club and ICHCA’s on-going efforts to encourage players in the freight transport and cargo handling sectors to continue the journey of improving operational safety and efficiency through innovation.
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The Award, which is open to an individual, team or company involved in cargo logistics, has seen the prestige associated with winning or being highly commended, grow year-on-year. Past winners have ranged from individual entrepreneurs and specialist suppliers to employee teams in major industry businesses. The application form and brochure are available now!
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3. Current Awareness Bulletin - For IMO Themes and News - June 2024
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The latest edition of the Current Awareness Bulletin is attached. The Bulletin provides a monthly digest of news and publications focusing on subjects and themes related to the work of IMO with each edition presenting headlines from the previous month.
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Links to complete articles or abstracts on publishers’ sites are included, although access may require payment or subscription. The Bulletin itself is free to download and to redistribute.
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For the full article click "Read More"
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4. Safety Alert: Health Hazard to a Dock Worker Due to Electric Shock When Connecting a Refrigerated Container on Board a Container Ship
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A dock worker connecting a deck stowed refrigerated container to the ship’s power supply received an electric shock when inserting the plug. Thankfully he was able to leave the scene under his own power and report what had happened.
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• the switch box housing rubber seal was damaged and insufficiently prevented moisture ingress, leading to a so-called creepage distance formation in the housing, which could trigger a fault current
• the earthing connection was severely impaired due to corrosion and/or loose contact
• the fault current caused by the creepage distance was therefore not (exclusively) discharged directly via the PE conductor in the direction of the ship’s hull. Instead, it flowed partially through the body of the dock worker during contact with the switch box housing.
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To read the full Safety Alert, please click "Read More"
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5. Safety Alert: Slow Speed Gantry Crane Derailment
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A rail mounted gantry crane, servicing visiting hauliers, had begun trolleying when the driver heard a loud noise from below and the crane came to a sudden stop. The driver contacted the engineering team for support who attended the scene and found that two of the leading crane wheels had become derailed from the rail. The crane driver was advised to safely shut down the crane and exit the cab. Although there were no injuries sustained, this incident had the potential to be much more serious.
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Key findings:
• The flange of one of the leading crane wheels had cracked and fragmented, allowing the crane to deviate from the crane rail.
• A torque imbalance between the long travel motors on the crane resulted in increased lateral loading on the crane wheels.
• The lateral loading led to increased wear and subsequent material loss to the crane wheels and the rail itself.
• When the wheel flange thickness reduced below a critical level it fragmented, leading to the derailment.
• Rail deflection had been previously observed, and ground investigation work also highlighted four soft spots along the length of the inward crane rail, where the rail foundations had deteriorated.
• Pre-incident crane wheels had been visually inspected monthly, but wear measurements were not recorded or compared.
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For the full Safety Alert, click "Read More"
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6. Events Calendar
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Our Events Calendar lists upcoming ICHCA meetings, webinars and conferences as well as those of our members, partners and of course the IMO.
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For example, in September a key meeting for ICHCA is IMO’s Carriage of Cargoes and Containers (16 – 20 September). The Events Calendar also lists exciting events from ICHCA members such as Port Skills and Safety’s Electric Vehicle Maritime Safety Conference on 17 October and Transport Events Seychelles Maritime Week from 25 – 26 September.
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For further information, please click below to open the Events Calendar.
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