Capacities range from 500kg to a massive 50t. Their William Hackett C4 manual Chain Hoist is designed, manufactured and proof ...

One of the primary objectives of this year’s theme is to equip employers with effective recruitment strategies to help ...

While spreader and lifting beams are two different types of below-the-hook lifting devices, used to stabilize and support a load during an overhead lift, both keep lifting slings below at or near a ...

A crane or hoist with a hook on the end seems a clear and simple solution to most lifting problems. But loads can be awkward things: very few of them, for example, have that convenient, and indeed ...

Ports invest in post-Panamax shipping. The expansion of the Panama Canal to accommodate larger ocean-going vessels was completed in 2016. Since then, ports continue to invest in shoreside ...

The automation-ready lifting tong can be adapted to a rigid mast crane, a wire rope hoist, or an existing crane, in various capacities and duty cycles. (Cjp24/Wikipedia) Loads come in almost infinite ...

As container ships have become bigger so have the ship-to-shore (STS) cranes. Economies of scale bring benefits, but a drawback is that the human eye is limited and on cranes this big the physical ...

Modular intelligent assist system. The Stanley Works has received a patent for its recently-introduced iTrolley and iLift systems, which are a cross between a light crane system and a robot ...

Load sway or swing, on cranes, is basically a pendulum effect where the load moves independently of the crane. This does not always matter whilst the load is in the air, although significant swing may ...

Considering the size of your average tunnel boring machine (TBM), it is no surprise that its assembly often requires a multitude of cranes. However equipment selection has much more to do with the ...

All this needs not just specialised construction vessels but specialised support vessels also. The former are not just specialised but very specialised indeed, not least in their incorporated lifting ...

Concluding the new series of buyer’s guides, this month Derrick Bailes looks at lifting beams and spreaders. These items are frequently used in combination with many of the items already covered and ...