The mast of a crane barge hit a North Charleston Terminal ship to-shore crane while the ship-to-shore crane was conducting cargo operations in North Charleston, South Carolina last year, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday. The contact resulted in over $4.5 million in damage to the ship-to-shore crane.
The towing vessel Royal Engineer was transiting the Cooper River while pushing crane barge Stevens 1471 on Jan. 4, 2024, when the barge’s crane contacted a...