DP World inaugurates new safety flats

A safetyflat is a kind of open container from which employees work at great heights on container stacks on ships. Currently, DP World has seven of these flats. The plan is for each of the 11 container cranes at the terminal at Deurganckdok to have one safetyflat available by the end of the year.
Koen Maes, head of operations at DP World, briefly explains the novelties: “A safety flat has the dimensions of a 20-foot container, but is open. From the safety flat, employees can work at great heights. For example, to release twistlocks, or carry out work on cargo that cannot simply be taken off board.”