lifting appliances

CHIRP: Lessons learned from unsafe lifting operations

CHIRP published its Maritime Feedback 54, which is its first bulletin of 2019. The bulletin includes reports on lifting operations, proactive port authority, AIS and ECDIS offsets, heat and fatigue, and safety briefings. Regarding lifting operations a report describes an operation in which several areas presented a high potential for an accident to occur.

The report describes lifting operations that were performed on a research vessel and on the basis of a single observation, but the operation...

https://safety4sea.com/chirp-lessons-learned-from-unsafe-lifting-operations/

New offshore lifting technique tested in Gulf of Mexico

Dutch Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) announced the development of an innovative way of lifting ‘to redefine the boundaries of lifting operations offshore‘. The ‘QUAD lifting’ enables HMC to integrally install and/or remove oversized topsides or jackets, guaranteeing lower overall project costs.

This technique was tested successfully on 22 October 2018 in the Gulf of Mexico. The QUAD way of lifting is suitable for installing topsides on any type of foundation; from jackets to floaters, the...

https://safety4sea.com/new-offshore-lifting-technique-tested-in-gulf-of-mexico/