PracticalStructuralExaminationofContainerHandling
CranesinPortsandTerminals
APEMAInformationPaper
ThisInformationPaperisintendedtoprovidepracticalguidance
aboutstructuralexaminationofship-to-shore(STS),rail
mountedgantry(RMG),andrubbertiredgantry(RTG)cranes.
Thegoalistoincreaseunderstandingabouttheriskposed
byfatiguefailures,toexplaintheimportanceofstructural
examination,andtogivepracticalguidanceassistingterminal
personneltolocatecracksbyvisualexamination.Webelieve
thatsomevisualexaminationbynon-specialistsisbetterthan
none,butalsothatsuchexaminationdoesnotreplaceaproper
inspectionprogrambyaprofessional.
PracticalStructuralExaminationinPortsandTerminals|APEMAInformationPaper3
CONTENTS
InTroduCTIon6
1BACKGround7
2CrITICALFACTorSoFFATIGuEFAILurE9
2.1InspectionmethodsandIntervals