Port gantry fall-arrest system, Jeddah
- Client
- Bahar Marine Services
- Location
- Jeddah
- Year
- 2023
- Duration
- 7 weeks
- Gantries upgraded
- 6
- Guardrail installed
- 620 m
Fall-arrest rails on six gantry cranes and 620 m of walkway guardrail in seven weeks.
The challenge
Maintenance crews climbed six container gantry cranes with only a temporary lanyard point. Work windows were dictated by crane bookings, sea-breeze gusts frequently exceeded rope-access limits, and no crew could be off a crane during a container move.
Our approach
We installed fall-arrest rails on the crane access ladders and walkways during booked maintenance windows, with every bracket fitted to the crane structure by load-checked bolts rather than site welding. Walkway guardrails with toe boards ran the length of each gantry, ladder lifelines covered the climbs, and crews worked from approved exclusion zones with a banksman in radio contact with the crane cab.
The result
Seven weeks — six gantries, 620 m of guardrail and 6 ladder systems certified. Not one container move was delayed, zero lost-time incidents across 6,900 safe man-hours, and the gantries were handed back with inspection schedules agreed for re-certification.
Scope delivered
- Fall-arrest rails on crane ladders & walkways
- Load-checked bracket bolting (no site welding)
- Walkway guardrails with toe boards
- Ladder lifeline systems certified
- Banksmen & exclusion zones during works
- Inspection schedule & re-certification dossier
Six gantries upgraded without missing a single container move. Our crane team now carries the inspection tags proudly.Marine operations lead · Bahar Marine Services