THREE promoters of safer cargo
handling, the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association, TT Club and ICHCA
International, have published recommendations on upgrading container yard
equipment safety.
Having already jointly campaigned safer quay crane operations in the past, their attention focuses on container yard equipment, using insurance claims to back demands for safety upgrades.
Analysis shows that 53 per cent of operational claim costs are caused by yard equipment, 75 per cent of injury claims result from yard accidents and 67 per cent of costs related to fires were also caused by yard equipment.
Their publication, Recommended Minimum Safety Features for Container Yard Equipment, is based on a global analysis of 4,000 TT Club insurance claims made over six years.
"These findings point to a heavy concentration of avoidable incidents," "Analysis of the club's data shows that up to 1,600 claims amounting to US$130 million resulted from yard incidents," said TT Club risk director Laurence Jones.
"Changes to operational procedures, additional training and/or fitting safety equipment to machinery could significantly reduce these claims," he said.
Mr Jones said lift trucks were involved in 30 per cent of bodily injury claims, mostly caused by inattentive reversals of equipment.
The simple installation of collision prevention devices could have saved $30 million and prevented 51 workers from being killed or suffering serious injury over the six-year period, said the joint statement.
The document covers all major types of container yard crane and mobile equipment, including RTGs, RMGs, ASCs, straddle carriers, lift trucks, reach stackers, AGVs and terminal tractors.
Recommendations deal with collisions, high winds and storms, overloaded or misdeclared container weights, people being caught under wheels or falling between moveable parts of equipment, equipment fires, drivers being overcome by emissions and more.
The three bodies say technology alone will not result in complete safety and that training, effective maintenance and good yard design and operations were also needed.
Said PEMA safety committee chairman Stephan Stiehler: "Working together, we have produced a document that offers unique value to the global container handling industry to define where and how safety levels could be increased."
The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association safe, secure, sustainable and productive use of port equipment and technology. The TT Club is a major transport insurance provider; ICHCA International is an association promoting safety and efficiency in the handling and movement of goods throughout the supply chain.
Having already jointly campaigned safer quay crane operations in the past, their attention focuses on container yard equipment, using insurance claims to back demands for safety upgrades.
Analysis shows that 53 per cent of operational claim costs are caused by yard equipment, 75 per cent of injury claims result from yard accidents and 67 per cent of costs related to fires were also caused by yard equipment.
Their publication, Recommended Minimum Safety Features for Container Yard Equipment, is based on a global analysis of 4,000 TT Club insurance claims made over six years.
"These findings point to a heavy concentration of avoidable incidents," "Analysis of the club's data shows that up to 1,600 claims amounting to US$130 million resulted from yard incidents," said TT Club risk director Laurence Jones.
"Changes to operational procedures, additional training and/or fitting safety equipment to machinery could significantly reduce these claims," he said.
Mr Jones said lift trucks were involved in 30 per cent of bodily injury claims, mostly caused by inattentive reversals of equipment.
The simple installation of collision prevention devices could have saved $30 million and prevented 51 workers from being killed or suffering serious injury over the six-year period, said the joint statement.
The document covers all major types of container yard crane and mobile equipment, including RTGs, RMGs, ASCs, straddle carriers, lift trucks, reach stackers, AGVs and terminal tractors.
Recommendations deal with collisions, high winds and storms, overloaded or misdeclared container weights, people being caught under wheels or falling between moveable parts of equipment, equipment fires, drivers being overcome by emissions and more.
The three bodies say technology alone will not result in complete safety and that training, effective maintenance and good yard design and operations were also needed.
Said PEMA safety committee chairman Stephan Stiehler: "Working together, we have produced a document that offers unique value to the global container handling industry to define where and how safety levels could be increased."
The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association safe, secure, sustainable and productive use of port equipment and technology. The TT Club is a major transport insurance provider; ICHCA International is an association promoting safety and efficiency in the handling and movement of goods throughout the supply chain.
Source : HKSG.
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