Rigging Safety

MCM Events, the conferences and events division of Maximum Capacity Media, has unveiled the tagline which will underscore this year’s Crane and Rigging Conference (CRC) Canada, which takes place Oct.…

The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) announced the winners of the Rigging and Hauling Job of the Year Awards at the conclusion of the SC&RA Annual Conference,

Top 10 Crane Standards Cited

A Rough Terrain crane working at a marina at Monmouth Beach – south of New York City in New Jersey overturned yesterday.

This year’s SC&RA Job of the Year competitions featured strong entries from around the world, writes Terry White.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) previously announced two informal stakeholder meetings to solicit comments on the crane operator certification requirements in the Cranes and Derricks in Construction standard.…

When testing a crane or other lifting device, make sure the tools used in the testing procedure are Certified and have been tested as well.

The UK government’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has stepped up efforts to ensure construction sites meet national standards when it comes to site safety.

Bath Iron Works, ME.-based company and a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corporation has been building warships for the U.S. Navy for 128 years. This past December, Bath Iron Works broke its own heaviest lift record using two Manitowoc 16000 crawler cranes to pick nearly 1,000 USt – more than double the weight previously lifted by the shipyard.

In January, global spreader beam manufacturer, Modulift, designed and built spreaders to lift the world’s most powerful gas turbine. Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, installed the gas turbine onto the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, at Babcocks Rosyyth Shipyard in Scotland.