Steel Carriers in India used two cranes working in tandem to lift a conveyor on a job with a difference. High lifting capacity was needed but space was restricted and that created some challenges. The ...

CM Labs Simulations, developer of Vortex training simulators, announced a new Training Pack that includes the industry’s only simulated mobile crane tandem lift exercise, as well as a competency ...

OSHA recently announced a final rule on improving the safety of longshoring employees who work with vertical tandem lifts (VTLs). The final rule will reduce hazards related to lifting two containers ...

Port operator Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) made history when it took delivery of three brand new ZPMC tandem lift ship-to-shore (STS) cranes that are the first of their kind in Africa. The ...

It is no secret that tandem lifts can be beneficial, increasing the rated capacity of a lift by 75 percent. The process includes more than two cranes, hoists or pieces of lifting equipment to complete ...

Replace two bridge spans over a busy interstate in a mere 16-hour two night timeframe. Nearly 57 years after being built, two outdated bridge spans of U.S. Highway 10 over Interstate 75 in Michigan ...

A final rule published yesterday by OSHA resolves a long-running rulemaking about vertical tandem lifts, in which dockside cranes move more than one shipping container at a time onto or off a ship.

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Six hydraulic cylinders fitted with chrome-plated shafts (prevents corrosion) move the load. A flow divider synchronizes cylinder movement for uniform, level lifting. Each cylinder contains a ...