Picking and carrying huge tonnes of cargoes weighing more than 7.

5 –
15 tonnes depending on the model of crane being used. From container
ships to bulk carriers and multi-purpose ships to heavy bulk carriers and
other more. Such efficient and advanced machineries have helped both
port and vessel workers and has become one of the most important
mechanism in the shipping industry. Making it a lot easier for the chief
officer or the person in charge to have excellent control of the team for
the lifting operation as they get a better site accessibility. And like
everything that has its good times there’s always a downside to that
too. For that reason, the vital use and benefits of cranes onboard the
ship and its different types in the shipping industries also comes with a
few errors to attend to. Mechanical operations of any kind does require
a daily or a constant number of days to maintain the top quality
function and conditions it runs on to ensure that there are top security
measures guaranteed for the safety of the crew and the ship. That is
why it is important for team workers onboard to handle carefully all the
cargoes to be lifted safely and reliably to its appropriate spaces.
Therefore, an advantage would be that whether it is either fixed or
mobile, low built or high built, it does exactly the same thing other than
the movements in various motions. Loading and unloading of cargoes
and handling of cargoes on container ships. In addition to that efficient
handling of bulk goods, hose handling and even multi-purpose cargo on
general cargo vessels. On top of that provisions on all types of vessels
are available and complies with standard rules and regulations for
cargo handling duty. Moreover, there is a shorter time for preparation
since the crane does almost everything and that it only requires less
space. Those are the top most important advantages of having a crane
onboard the ship. On the other side onboard cranes may have a
seemingly to be a too much or less kind of a deal. This refers to the high
cost of payment to maintain and repair if so anything happens to it.
Considering the fact that it also consumes a lot of time to be installed
on the ship. Thus onboard cranes have a high maintenance cost for
repairs and devaluation. Alongside that eventually machines will run
into situations where there will be some sort of malfunction in the
control system leaving a big hold up for the work to be carried out. And
if its run by electricity, a lot of power is consumed leading back to more
money spent. All this factors needs to be made aware and procedures
to be done accordingly in order for things to flow. And so in this topic
I’ve learned a lot of things to consider when dealing with machineries
such as cranes, its ups and downs and all the things to look out when
we run into certain situations.