CASHIN QUAY

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31029, 7 April 1966, Page 14

CASHIN QUAY

j Failure Of Wires * Metal fatigue •ccclerI ated by corrosion and abrasion had led to fail--1 ure of wires holding the j rubber buffers at Cashin j quay, Mr J. A. Cashin. I the engineer-in-chief, told i the Lyttelton Harbour Board yesterday. He was i reporting on the moving of the Cap Blanco from the quay on March 29. i A two-inch wire securing a set of side compression rubber buffers broke and later another seven wires parted progressively. Mr Cashin said. There had been more or less constant rolling of the buffers by some 30 ships in succession over six months. The movement of the Cap Blanco was not as great as with other vessels previously lying at the berth. By the insertion of temporary vertical buffers the ship was prevented from bearing against the timber blocks. No damage was done to the ship, buffers or wharf and all the buffers were recovered by a diver. All the fenders were being re-secured by use of a different fastening system with hinged steel rods instead of wire ropes. “It is confidently expected that this will prove more durable," he said. The timber stops were being removed, as it had been found that the cylinders had never been fully compressed to the design limit. This would allow easy and continuous inspection of the fastenings.