All Below the Hook Articles

Friday roundup: crane counts, smart tech & the PPE fit fight
This week’s roundup of articles from the Crane and Transport Briefing, 11 to 14 August 2025.
Friday roundup: Turbine moves, precision lifts and safety gear
This week’s roundup of articles from the Crane and Transport Briefing, 21 to 24 July 2025.
Hooked on: below the hook developments
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Developments in below the hook equipment are improving the safety and efficiency of increasingly complex and heavy lifting work
Rigging the impossible: Job roundup
A roundup of jobs that required highly specialized rigging equipment and techniques
Caldwell expands in-stock RUD lifting points
RUD In-Stock programme expanded to include more than 170 styles and sizes of lifting points
Ultra heavy lifts with Lankhorst polymer slings
Beyond super heavy lift slings supplied for a 7,300 tonne offshore load installation
Friday roundup: AFD leadership, giant tower crane, LNG jacking, rigging innovations
Check out the lead Crane & Transport Briefing stories from 10 March to 13 March
Rigging prowess: product roundup
ACT’s annual roundup of new and innovative rigging gear devices and equipment.
Supercars given a lift at Goodwood
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Putting some very valuable motor cars on display required careful lifting with the right kit
Two updated spider cranes from Unic
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Crane manufacturer launch updated models with hydraulic fly jib
Doleco USA opens new North Carolina facility
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The plant will focus on custom production, fulfillment of traditional orders and delivery of Doleco’s products.
RSS equipment on Scottish project
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Rope and Sling Specialists delivers chain blocks and services for Perth Bridge job
Wolff high-speed positioning assistance system available
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The connectible HiSPS assistance system operates using two battery-powered sensors on the trolley and hook block of the crane hook
Wolffkran to order 10 Vita Load Navigators
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Ten units of tagline eliminator device ordered for Wolffkran rental fleet and available to buy
Rounding up the latest below-the-hook products
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Below-the-hook products are continually evolving alongside rigging gear and equipment across the heavy lift spectrum.
What is the difference between abrasion and cut protection?
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Kris Koberg and Mike Close discuss the many ways to ensure sling protection.
Heavy lifts with the latest below the hook equipment
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New and custom below the hook equipment allows operators to move even more complicated and heavy loads 
Wolffkran and Vita agree global distribution deal
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Vita Load Navigator tag line eliminator to be available for rent alongside Wolff tower cranes
3,500 tonne spreader bar from Huisman
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Spreader bar for offshore wind turbine construction
A new way of installing wind turbine components
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Huisman and Siemens Gamesa have a new solution for controlled turbine assembly
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