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  • Published: 6 Jan 2026

IMCA: Two walk-to-work (W2W) gangway incidents

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Description of Incident

A member reports two related incidents involving Walk-to-Work gangways:

Incident 1: Uncontrolled movement of W2W gangway / collision with crane

Incident 2: Telescopic W2W gangway not retracting properly.

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