Alatas Service | Field Service, Inspections |
Location | Indonesia |
Crane Types | Monorail crane Provision crane Engine Room crane Accommodation Ladder and Gangways |
Crane Manufacturer | Oriental |
Alatas Indonesia was assigned to a client’s vessel to carry out a five-yearly load test package on their cargo vessel. The work covered all cranes onboard the vessel, including:
2x Monorail crane
2x Provision crane
2x Engine Room crane
2x Gangway
Before any load testing began, Alatas Indonesia sent one of their experienced service engineers to attend a safety meeting at PSA with the Captain and CE to discuss the job scope and conduct a toolbox talk and risk assessment.
The client’s cranes were due their five-yearly load tests. All the cranes: the Monorail, Provision, Engine Room and Accommodation Ladder and Gangways the were manufactured by Oriental. The Alatas service engineer performed the load tests with details as instructed by a DNV surveyor.
All load test has been carried out successfully in the presence of DNV surveyor. Here are the results for each crane:
Crane Type | SWL (T) | Test Load (T) | |
1 | Monorail Crane (MAIN) | 12.5 | 15.625 |
2 | Monorail Crane (AUX) | 1.5 | 1.875 |
3 | Provision Crane (PORT) | 4 | 5 |
4 | Provision Crane (STBD) | 4 | 5 |
5 | Engine Room Crane (FWD) | 12.5 | 15.625 |
6 | Engine Room Crane (AFT) | 12.5 | 15.625 |
7 | Gangway (STBD) | 0.71 at 0°~55° | 2.18 |
8 | Gangway (PORT) | 0.71 at 0°~55° | 2.18 |
All cranes were function tested after the load tests to make sure working well after the load test, and all operations of the cranes were normal.
Both Accommodation Ladder and Gangways completed the load test with bolster bags, each 375 kgs.
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Five-yearly Load Test Gallery
Monorail Cranes
Main hook pull test Monorail Crane (AUX) pull test
Engine Room Cranes
Engine Room Crane (AFT) pull test Engine Room Crane (FWD) pull test
Provision Cranes
Provision Crane (PORT) pull test Provision Crane (STBD) pull test
Accommodation Ladder
Accommodation Ladder load test with Bolster bags 375kg/pc Accommodation Ladder load test with Bolster bags 375kg/pc Accommodation Ladder load test with Bolster bags 375kg/pc