Crane collapse: Damage, disruption and dealing with the consequences
A crane collapse is generally a catastrophe – and always has knock-on effects.
Rob Williams, consultant maritime civil engineer at Waves Group, talks to Triton about damage, disruption and dealing with what comes next.
It makes for compulsive viewing: who among us hasn’t watched, with a combination of fascination and horror, video footage of a giant quay crane crumpling and collapsing after being struck by a ship coming alongside?
