Real Life Incident: Container Lashing MOB Fatality While in Port
A feeder container ship docked in the early morning hours before sunrise. Soon after the gangway was in place, the port lashing foreman boarded the ship to carry out safety checks on deck for the cargo working areas.
After his safety inspection, the foreman informed the Chief Officer (CO) that he had safety concerns about the containers at the outboard rows of bay 18, and the terminal’s stevedores would not unlash these containers. Although this task was normally done by shore stevedores, it was the port’s policy that two persons were necessary to accomplish the task safely, and there was not enough space on the pedestal platform at bay 18 for two
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