NTSB says corrosion was cause of heavy-lift hoist failure

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Corrosion that remained undetected, plus wear-and-tear, caused a wire rope to fail in 2022 during the hoisting of a wind turbine component aboard heavy lift ship Thorco Basilisk (IMO 9539377) last year, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has found. The cost of the damage was...

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