The leading exponents of risk management in ports and container yards, TT Club, PEMA and ICHCA International, have come together for the first time to publish recommended safety standards for container yard equipment.
The three organisations have united in the past to address safety issues arising over quay crane operations but this is the first time they have come together over container yard equipment.
Using claim analysis data provided by the TT Club, the figures reveal that 53% of the total cost of over 4000 claims over a six year period operational related claims (worth US$10k) were caused by yard equipment.
Also, 75% of the cost of injury claims in terminal facilities resulted from yard equipment accidents and 67% of costs related to fires were attributed to yard equipment.
The TT Club points out that these findings point to a “heavy concentration of unavoidable issues”. For example, fork lift trucks were involved in 30% of the bodily claims analysed – mainly by trucks reversing into people. TT Club points out that the installation of anti-collision devices could reduce this figure greatly. Likewise, so could the installation of reliable safety devices on all yard equipment.
Captain Richard WA Brough OBE, technical adviser, ICHCA International Ltd, said to Port Strategy: “Many accidents, often fatal, are occurring around the world and it is imperative that purchasers of equipment understand the safety features that are available from manufacturers and this document recommends the minimum that should be considered when making those purchasing decisions or indeed that should be taken into account when looking at existing equipment.”
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