[Riesiger Schiffskran bricht im Überseehafen Rostock bei Tests in sich zusammen]

Some more details. [image] Liebherr: Broken Hook Cause of Orion Crane Collapse "The responsible authorities and experts unanimously agree that a broken crane hook was the cause of the accident."

It will be interesting to find out how the metallurgy tests on the failed part compares to what the certificates say.

[image] Chief_Seadog: It will be interesting to find out how the metallurgy tests on the failed part compares to what the certificates say. Me too. I have had some bad experiences with Chinese steel. Formula OK but treatment wrong, vise versa and both.

Was it Chinese steel? The crane was built in Rostock DE.

The overload test for the HLC 295000 crane was due to test it with a load of 5,500 tonnes.]( https://www.rivieramm.com/news-content-hub/incident-occurs-as-crane-test-takes-place-on-offshore-installation-vessel-59223 ) Liebherr said the failure occurred at a load of around 2,600 tonnes, causing a cha…

Chinese steel? I don’t know and didn’t mean to imply it was. Just that I have seen some catastrophic failures due to poor steel, most of which was from China

[image] ombugge: Liebherr said the failure occurred at a load of around 2,600 tonnes, Pretty expensive test jig.

[image] Looks like the hook has pulled away from the block assembly at the joint, thus not metal failure of the hook itself.

Orion 1 - Crane Failure - Rostock, Germany

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