Near-miss: cargo carrying unit (CCU) flipped over during lifting operations
- Safety Flash
- Published on 30 April 2012
- Generated on 17 September 2025
- IMCA SF 04/12
- 1 minute read
The MSF published Safety Flash 12/12 regarding an incident in which a cargo carrying unit (CCU) was flipped over during lifting operations, narrowly missing a crewman.
What happened?
The immediate cause was that the crane wire ferrule snagged in part of the container.
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