DAMAGE AND ACCIDENTS WITHIN PORTS

A summary is provided of two reports which highlight the hidden factors in assessing the causes and costing of the effects of accidents and damage within the port complex. The first is an evaluation of the human factors involved with the operation of container gantry cranes. The key feature was the restricted visibility of the operator perched high in the cab, and this became the central feature of the study, leading to a suggested redesign of the cab. The major findings of the second study, which deals with actual costs of accidents, confirmed its early assumptions including the fact that the cost of an accident varies according to the degree of mechanization and the type of technology. Comparison is made of accident costs between conventional, ro-ro, and container berths.

• Corporate Authors:

  Cargo Systems International

  Arun House, 201-205 High Street
  New Malden KT3 4BH, Surrey,   England 
• Publication Date: 1976-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 43
• Serial:
  • CARGO SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL
  • Publisher: Deutsche Bahn AG

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Containers; Cranes; Crash investigation; Crashes; Economic analysis; Gantry cranes; Human factors engineering; Loss and damage
• Old TRIS Terms: Economic analysis (Accidents); Loss prevention
• Subject Areas: Economics; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149327
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Cargo Systems Publications Limited
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM