TT Club speaks out on quayside accidents
Insurer TT Club has issued a strong recommendation that terminal operators fit quayside cranes with anti-collision devices to prevent incidents. Fitting electronic sensor devices to quay crane booms to prevent them accidentally colliding with ships during loading and unloading operations in port could put a stop to serious injuries to workers, costly repairs and operational downtime.
The call comes as TT Club reveals that human error continues to dominate the causes of handling equipment claims in statistics just released. Speaking with
Port Strategy
, Laurence Jones, TT Club’s Risk Assessment manager, said: “This in itself is not new news, but that this figure isn’t going down is.” Claims related to handling equipment and property equate to around 10% of the total claims processed by TT Club.
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