The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (Leea) led a group of member companies to the UK’s House of Commons, London, on 12 July 2023 to explain the role the lifting industry plays and to convey [...]
As Tony Rock reports, the benefits of Industry 4.0 are still being discussed more than ten years after the idea of a Fourth Industrial Revolution was introduced. Look up ‘Industry 4.0’ on Hoistmag[...]
A 4t overhead crane is being used to help simulate a helicopter crash at sea to provide avionics students with underwater escape training at Blackpool College’s Fleetwood Nautical Campus. UK firm St[...]
BVS Cranes has taken part in the bell-ringing ceremony marking the start of the day’s trading at the Borsa Istanbul, Turkey’s stock exchange. BVS Cranes’ participation in the ceremony – it is [...]
Tom Woerndl looks at how crane owners and inspection companies can improve the safety of their test and inspection processes. Safety is a key aspect of the lifting industry. While manufacturers of lif[...]
Cable reels for 12 ship-to-shore (STS) cranes have been ordered for the China Merchant container terminal in the Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Cavotec was awarded the contract from port equipment manufa[...]
Two contracts worth INR 110M (USD 1.9M) have been awarded to a leading Indian crane builder tasked with providing four 125/25t double girder EOT cranes for a power plant equipment manufacturer. Anupam[...]
Spanish manufacturer Jaso has supplied a demountable modular gantry crane for a tunnelling project in Chile. The 16t-capacity crane is being used to unload pipes into tunnelling shafts created to feed[...]
A new flexible lifting point, designed for die blocks, mold blocks, steel castings and machines lacking lifting points, has been developed through an English/Taiwanese collaboration between lifting eq[...]
US overhead crane company Handling Systems International Inc. has announced the addition of nearly 60,000ft2 of manufacturing space in Chicago. It is the company’s third expansion in five years. The[...]