[PORT# PLANT MANAGEMENT - THE 36 DEADLY SINS

The "deadly sins" of the title are actions (or inactions), mostly involving carelessness or negligence on the part of the driver/operator, that cause serious difficulties in keeping shoreside cargo-handling plant and equipment fit for service. These and other maintenance and associated problems are discussed, with particular reference to condition monitoring of such items as fork lift trucks, straddle carriers, cranes, gantries and container spreader, in the light of the findings of report "Condition Monitoring and Reliability of Mobile Plant in British Ports", recently drafted by the Production Engineering Research Association on behalf of the British Ports Association in conjunction with the Department of Transport. The report was compiled with four specific objectives: (1) To review current maintenance practices in terms of cost effectiveness and the number and type of unscheduled stoppage. (2) To identify potential weaknesses in plant which may result in demurrage or other adverse costs. (3) To assess the feasibility of extending current preventive maintenance methods by the use of modern monitoring techniques to improve plant reliability and reduce costs. (4) To formulate proposals for providing monitoring equipment for critical plant.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Port Development Int. 2, p. 14 (Dec. 1985/Jan. 1986) [4 pp., 1 fig., 2 phot.]
• Publication Date: 1985

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00689269
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM