{"id":7872,"date":"2026-09-23T17:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T22:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/?p=7872"},"modified":"2026-09-23T17:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T22:00:19","slug":"two-lashers-killed-when-personnel-platform-disengages-from-container-crane-22-september-2026-tuas-port-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/?p=7872","title":{"rendered":"Two Lashers Killed When Personnel Platform Disengages From Container Crane [22 September 2026 – Tuas Port, Singapore]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Information coming to Blueoceana Company this afternoon relates that two dockworkers being hoisted on a purpose made personnel platform (See<\/em> photo below) were killed in falls when the device somehow became disengaged from the STS container crane moving it at the PSA-operated Tuas port, Singapore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media accounts available to us indicate that the workers were ages 33 & 44, respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The general practice at many ports worldwide provides that personnel platforms so hoisted will have a redundant [secondary] means of attachment to the container crane spreaders used to hoist them. We were under the impression that the practice at Tuas port provided the same type of redundant safeguard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notwithstanding, the after-the fact photograph of the personnel platform that was being utilized in yesterday’s accident (See<\/em> also below) clearly shows corner post damage that is indicative of separation from the crane being used to move the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Links To Media Accounts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n