- A wire rope parted, causing a wind turbine nacelle to fall to deck.
- This incident caused significant damage and loss of the nacelle.
The United States Coastguard (USCG) has published Marine Safety Alert 11-23 relating to an incident in which a wire rope parted, causing a wind turbine nacelle weighing 69 tons to fall 2.2m to deck, causing significant damage and loss of the nacelle, reports IMCA.
What happenedA vessel crane was being used to offload the 69 ton wind turbine nacelle. While...
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