The National Transportation Safety Board has released its report on a July 23, 2023 incident when a hoisting wire rope on one of the cranes on the cargo ship Thorco Basilisk failed as it was offloading a wind turbine component at the Greensport Terminal on the Houston Ship Channel. The failure caused the component, a 69-tonne wind turbine nacelle, to drop onto the vessel’s cargo hold tweendeck.
No injuries were reported. Damages to the ship and cargo were estimated between $3 million and $5...