How a Chinese Port Collapsed: 4000-ton crane falls apart.

4000-ton crane of Chinese offshore construction vessel collapsed, South China sea.


The boom of 3,800-ton crane of Chinese offshore construction crane vessel collapsed last week during wind farm installation works off Lufeng, Guangdong Province, South China sea, east of Hong Kong. No injures reported. Crane seems to sustain serious damages. The boom crash was reportedly, caused by faulty hoisting brake. Vessel was deployed in Guangdong Shanwei Houhu offshore wind farm construction project, installing monopile at the moment of the accident.

Operated to Huadian Heavy Industries, the crane on the Yuhang 58 vessel collapsed onto the vessel when the arm broke during installation work last week of a monopile for an offshore wind farm project sponsored by China Guangdong Nuclear (CGN).

There are no reports of any injuries. The extent of the damage to the crane and the vessel is unknown.

The vessel — which has a lifting capacity of 3800 tonnes and maximum working radius of 165 metres — is owned and built by Jiangsu Yuhang Offshore Engineering, based in Jiangyin city in eastern China’s Jiangsu province.