Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd. (RSS) has opened its eighth facility – in Roborough, Plymouth. The 5,000 square-foot site joins six other lifting and rigging depots and the recently acquired Gemmak Engineering business, the manufacturing division within the RSS engineering services department. The Humber Defender RIB represented a £35k investment. Having last opened a site in Warrington, this expansion represented an opportunity to move into a new-build in a prime location cl

A new USA material handling equipment store has gone live at fadequipmentstore.com, offering free shipping on all products. Headquartered in South Carolina, fadequipmentstore.com puts lifting, material handling, safety and load monitoring products a click away from end users in warehouses, manufacturing, construction, oil and gas, renewables, commercial and other markets. Solutions that can be used by anybody but feature cutting-edge design and state-of-the-art technology are

The Crosby Group proudly introduces the world’s first high fatigue life shackle to end-users in the offshore mooring sector. The Crosby Group has pioneered a product innovation in the offshore mooring markets with the introduction of the HFL Kenter, a new high fatigue life shackle, under the Crosby Feubo brand. The Crosby Group is a global leader and pioneer in offshore mooring components for the oil and gas and wind energy markets strengthened by the recent acquisition of Fe

ITH Bolting Technology combines digital bolting tool procedures, advanced fastener design, and installation know- how to reduce maintenance costs significantly – proven for onshore and offshore wind- turbine installation projects. ITH Bolting Technology is a leading global system supplier in bolting technology providing bolting tools, engineering, fasteners and service. Under their brand, IHF Fastener Systems, ITH have developed innovative fastener systems up to M80 (3 1/8"),

Dynamic Load Monitoring (DLM), of Southampton, UK, has manufactured two bespoke monitoring systems that have been installed by dive teams on subsea bend stiffeners at an offshore wind farm. The equipment has been commissioned, with the first round of data due to be collected in March 2021. Subsea Innovation’s Dynamic Bend Stiffener (DBS) is a retrofit assembly that is installed onto turbine cables of an offshore wind farm. The bespoke products were delivered to Darlington, UK

The upstream industry is no stranger to barren times of investment but in 2020 this was coupled in the face of a global pandemic where the pinch and uncertainty was seen Worldwide and industry wide. This considered, there has been a trend over the last number of years for operators to move away from traditional methods of connecting pipework due to safety concerns, high associated costs, and availability of skilled trades for traditional methods of pipework fabrication. The m