Ensuring the safety of the transshipment process in river ports

Abstract

Abstract The paper considers the issues of ensuring the safety of the transshipment process in river ports. The authors propose an approach to integrated safety assessment of the transshipment process in river ports taking into account various types of risk. The article analyzes the accidents and injuries during transshipment works in river ports. The authors establish that injuries in river ports are mainly due to operational reasons i.e. due to the presence of a significant number of cranes that have completed their standard service life. The paper studies the influence of the operating time on the static and fatigue strength characteristics of the metal structure of gantry cranes after 30-40 years of operation. The research results show that long-term operation don’t cause significant changes in mechanical characteristics, with static and fatigue strength.