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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Manual No. EM-385-1-1

For any work being performed for the federal government by contractors using cranes or derricks on floating platforms or barges, the contractor is required to comply with OSHA rules for all equipment and with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Manual No. EM-385-1-1.   In particular, Load Handling Equipment (LHE) on the barge must have a “Floating Service Load Chart” prepared by a qualified Naval Architect or Registered Professional Engineer (RPE)* that evaluates compliance of barge mounted crane operation with specific stability criteria defined in Section 16L of the manual.  Charleston Marine Consulting has both the experience and hydrostatic stability analysis software required to perform the Naval Architectural Analysis that is defined in the manual.

A copy of the latest version of EM-385-1-1, Section 16 can be downloaded from this link:  click here

(Refer to Section 16L for Floating Cranes)

Southern Dredging Deck Barge with 100 ton American Crawler Crane
Maxsurf Equilibrium Stability Analysis of Crane Barge
Stability Analysis of Crane Barge
Cottrell Contracting New Barge with EBI Pedestal Crane
FEA of Pedestal Crane Deck Structure using NX Nastran and FEMAP
FEA of Pedestal Crane Deck Structure using NX Nastran and FEMAP

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