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Venue announced for LEEA Awards 2024
24 April, 2024
The sixth annual #LEEA Awards will take place at the iconic Dorchester Hotel in London on Wednesday October 16, 2024. 

JDN welcomes new MD France
24 April, 2024
JD Neuhaus has announced Fernando Arantes became managing director of its French subsidiary earlier this year.

US to replace China made cranes at ports
19 April, 2024
The Biden administration is announcing a series of actions to strengthen the cybersecurity of US ports, the main point of entry for trade, which employs 31 million people and generates over $5.4 trillion for the US economy.

News in brief from around the world
19 April, 2024
Welcome to the latest issue of Hoist. There are a few stories from around the globe that didn’t make it into our news section I’d like to share here with you. Firstly, Cranes and Steel – Karrar, operating out of Saudi Arabia, has announced a new partnership with Verlinde Lifting, while out of the US, Engineered Material Handling has introduced its line of new EM Model HF Engineered Hoists that are designed for heavy service applications such as steel service centres, heavy steel fabricators, and precast concrete facilities.

Liebherr USA, announces Divisional Director
18 April, 2024
Liebherr is pleased to announce the appointment of Shane Kuhlmey as divisional director of Crawler Cranes, Deep Foundation Machines and Maritime Cranes.

Berks Women2Women to honor Karen Norheim
15 April, 2024
Berks Women2Women, a program of the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA), will honor the 2024 ATHENA Leadership Award recipient, Karen Norheim, on Tuesday, April 16, at its 13th annual Conference and Expo.

TII SCHEUERLE honored with 45 years Longevity Award by SC&RA
12 April, 2024
TII SCHEUERLE has received the Longevity Award from the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA), honoring the company's outstanding commitment and support over 45 years.

Street Crane promotes production mgr
05 April, 2024
Street Crane is delighted to announce it has promoted Tony Ponsonby from production manager to production director, celebrating nearly 14 years with the company, with a two-year hiatus in between.

Employee representation rule approved during OSHA inspections
02 April, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor has approved a final rule clarifying the rights of employees to authorize a representative to accompany an Occupational Safety and Health Administration compliance officer during an inspection of their workplace effective May 31, 2024.

5 considerations for building a crane management strategy
29 March, 2024
Brian Cook, senior product manager at Conductix-Wampfler, says there are five considerations for building a crane management strategy.

Raimondi Cranes appoints Tecno Edicasa
29 March, 2024
Raimondi Cranes has appointed Tecno Edicasa as its official dealer for the Italian region of Veneto. The strategic dealership appointment comes from a client partnership of over a decade with Tecno Crane.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.