Dont skimp on recommissioning inspections

“There are a lot of cranes that run up and down the quay which are either used infrequently or never, so there are large pieces of steel rusting away on the quayside; often ports are not managing them very well and leaving them to rot,”he says.

“Every now and then they have someone out to inspect them. If it is not being used at all, it is probably inspected as a structure rather than as working equipment. But if you try to use or recommission it and it has not been serviced properly, then there are real risks.

“It can be tempting to use an old crane.But even though a piece of equipment may still be within its period of inspection,it is possible for that equipment to fail if it has only been used infrequently.”