Rigging Safety

Traveling along the Trans-Canada Highway in southeastern British Columbia will be a little easier, safer, and quicker this December when a stretch of highway will be upgraded from its current two-lane configuration to a four-lane highway.

On behalf of Lloyd-Werft Bremerhaven AG, the Sarens Group recently lifted two sets of four gigantic jackup legs onto two offshore installation vessels belonging to RWE OLG GmbH, a logistics company that is part of RWE Innogy, at the free port of Bremerhaven.

A mobile crane overturned in Haugesund, Norway last night while lifting a tower crane jib. The crane operator was pulled out of the cab by work colleagues and was apparently unhurt.

Heavy load specialist Schmidbauer engineered a tandem jacket lift using two 750t Liebherr crawler cranes at an offshore terminal in Bremerhaven, Germany.

Engineering service provider Penglai Jutal recently lifted a 470-tonne steel framework as part of the assembly of an offshore oil platform on the coast of Penglai in China.

The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is inviting members of the public to give feedback on the use of Data Loggers for Mobile Cranes.

A crane driver had a miraculous escape yesterday in West Hollywood, California after his pick & carry crane overturned into the lower levels of a new building.

The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) has launch its new Committed to Crane Safety program, which was dveloped by NCCCO to recognize employers who have demonstrated their commitment to safety by hiring CCO-certified personnel.

A mobile crane overturned yesterday on the top of Toppu Dam in Hokkaido, Northern Japan and hung over the edge of the dam with the operator trapped inside the upside down cab.

31 companies have been fined in Singapore in the governments for first crack down on poor safety practices during lifting operations.