A private freight handling company may be responsible for a harbor accident that left a ship seriously damaged when a crane snapped. Fortunately, no one was injured.
The maritime accident occurred at the Kolkata port in India on the early morning of Sunday, November 14. The ship, Kyaukpyu, was stationed at Dock #6. A private company was unloading logs from the ship when the sling on the crane they were using snapped and dropped its load of logs on deck. The ship sustained serious damage, but because of the early hour few people were on board and no one was injured.
It was a preventable accident. The crane had a capacity of 14 tons. Many of the logs weighed 30 tons. B. Ghosh & Company, the company that unloaded the ship, has been suspended pending an investigation.
These types of accidents can happen anywhere in the world – even in New Orleans. When companies use
inadequate equipment in order to save money, but the lives of seamen and harbor workers are put at risk.
If you are an American seaman who has been injured while working at sea, you are entitled to compensation under U.S. maritime law. If your injury was caused by the negligence of the ship owner or another company or person, you may have a
Jones Act claim. To learn more, contact the New Orleans Jones Act lawyers at The Young Firm, 866-938-6113.
Category: Jones Act Law
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