A man suffered life-threatening injuries when a crane collapsed on to a ship at a container port. Fire crews were called to Southampton Docks, owned by DP World, at Dock Gate 20 in Western Avenue, at 0520 BST. The crane, a twin boom rig with the cab suspended on rails, toppled on to the ship, Nyke Themis, the coastguard said.
Green Marine
about 17 years ago
Man hurt in port crane collapse
A man suffered life-threatening injuries when a crane collapsed on to a ship at a container port. Fire crews were called to Southampton Docks, owned by DP World, at Dock Gate 20 in Western Avenue, at 0520 BST. The crane, a twin boom rig with the cab suspended on rails, toppled on to the ship, [&hell
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