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LEEA welcomes Southeast Asia manager
28 March, 2024
William Ng is the new LEEA Member Engagement Manager for Southeast Asia. He previously spent 10 years with Rigging and Marine Services in Singapore as a Sales Executive, mainly dealing with Load Test and Rigging jobs with Singapore Shipyards.

Trio of Modulift Spreaders hoists Steam Turbine
28 March, 2024
Three Modulift-designed and manufactured spreader beams have been commissioned by one of the largest transport and heavy lift companies, Allelys, to lift a 176t steam turbine generator on the East coast of England.

Gantry cranes: The factory start-up
28 March, 2024
GH has unveiled an initiative to streamline the company’s collaboration with start-ups, as Julian Champkin reports.

Konecranes to deliver three cranes for paper mill expansion
28 March, 2024
Konecranes is supplying Sofidel America, a global tissue paper producer, with three toprunning double-girder cranes and runways for its new paper mill in Circleville, Ohio.

Caldwell adds RUD remotely operated vehicle hooks to In-Stock programme
28 March, 2024
The Caldwell Group has added remotely operated vehicle (ROV) hooks from RUD to its in-stock programme. The hooks, available in 10t and 25t capacity, are supplied through Caldwell’s dealer network, primarily for use in underwater applications in the Gulf Coast region.

Mind the standard gap
27 March, 2024
Ben Dobbs, Head of Global Standards and Legislation at the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA), gives an update on the gap analysis currently being carried out to ensure standards align with the Machinery Regulation.

RiConnect Headline Sponsor of LiftEx 2024
27 March, 2024
LiftEx 2024, the flagship event of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA), will be taking place on 16-17 October 2024 at Olympia London's West Hall. The organisers are pleased to announce RiConnect, as the Headline Sponsor.

AMH calls for improved safety in Non-Standard Lifts
27 March, 2024
More work is needed to ensure that non-standard lifts are carried out safely, according to Peter Brettner, CEO of US below-the-hook equipment supplier All Material Handling (AMH).

Thomson Prestress adds Shuttlelift gantry crane
27 March, 2024
USA-based Thomson Prestress, formerly Concrete Products of Tennessee, has added a Shuttlelift DB70 gantry crane to its equipment fleet.

New VP for Engineered Rigging
27 March, 2024
US based heavy lift equipment rental and engineering company Engineered Rigging has promoted Mike Beres to vice president sales and operations.

Overhead cranes: The devil is in the detailing
26 March, 2024
Connection detailing is an underrated art form, especially on cranes, writes Richard Phillips, mechanical engineer at Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc. (CP&A).

Milestone for Marcor with Liebherr LHM 800 MHC
26 March, 2024
Marcor Stevedoring has received a new LHM 800 crane, the first of its kind to operate with an all-electric drive system.

Rescue efforts underway after Baltimore bridge collapse
26 March, 2024
A major rescue effort is underway after a Singapore-flagged vessel crashed into Francis Scott Key Bridge, Baltimore this morning.

Key Themes For 2024          
25 March, 2024
Brian Cook, senior product manager at Conductix-Wampfler, discusses the themes that have emerged as OEMs and operators consider overhead crane control investment priorities in 2024.

Load cells: A critical safety device
22 March, 2024
Load cells are a critical safety device and necessary in any situation where the weight of an item being lifted is not known, or there is a risk of overloads, writes Martin Halford, managing director at the UK’s Dynamic Load Monitoring, which has a partnership with Chant Engineering Co., of New Britain, Pennsylvania.

Engineered Rigging expands rental-ready heavy lifting equipment fleet
22 March, 2024
Engineered Rigging has expanded its rental-ready heavy lifting equipment fleet with an additional Enerpac SBL500 Hydraulic Gantry.

Non-Marring Clamps
21 March, 2024
There are special clamps for lifting hard metals or delicate loads, such as those in the aerospace or food production industries, writes Dale Kelly, engineering manager at The Caldwell Group.

CMCO and Milwaukee Tool to launch BatteryStar battery hoist
21 March, 2024
Columbus McKinnon Corporation (CMCO), has jointly developed the BatteryStar battery hoist, with Milwaukee Tool’s expertise in lithium-ion battery and brushless motor technology.

Liebherr delivers 4 RTGs to Italy
20 March, 2024
Liebherr Container Cranes has handed over four Electric Rubber Tyre Gantry cranes (ERTG) to customers in Italy.

Palazzani replaces her father as president
20 March, 2024
Italian spider lift manufacturer Palazzani, has appointed Paola Palazzani as president, replacing her father Davide who becomes vice president. At the same time, chief operating officer Francesco Zola has joined the board of directors as chief executive.