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FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The NTSB has issued an investigation report into an incident where a crane’s hoisting wire parted during a lift, causing a heavy wire reel to fall onto a vessel’s deck, resulting in significant damage. The incident On April 3, 2025, about 2145 local time, a crane was being used to lift a wire reel from the back deck of an offshore supply vessel in Bayou Lafourche, Port Fourchon, Louisiana, when the crane’s hoisting wire parted, causing the reel to drop onto the vessel’s main deck. There were no injuries, and no pollution was reported. Damage was estimated to be $3.8 million. RelatedNews Watch: Hybrid diesel-electric CSOV gets delivered NTSB investigation: Towing vessel collides with bulk carrier and sinks var jnews_module_21371807_0_6a03fef19dcf4 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21371807","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"393,244,89,2854","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ad
NTSB Investigation: Hoisting wire corrosion leads to $3.8 million damage
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