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Issue of Wire Rope News – April 2025

Wire Rope News & Sling Technology Magazine

COVER PHOTO: The peaceful early morning tranquility starkly contrasts the mid-day pandemonium that will occur in about four hours at the Port of New Orleans! – photo credit Dennis O’Rourke

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Featured Articles:

Connections, Automated Ports

Article by Dennis J. O’Rourke, CSP, Historiographer, OSHA Part 1919 Maritime Surveyor

Automated container handlers are taking care of business at the ports leads us to question why humans created an innovation that might potentially reduce the workforce. (read the full article on page 8 in the magazine)

Chant Engineering Celebrates 55 Years of Excellence in Testing Machinery

Article by Jeff Cron

As Chant Engineering marks its 55th anniversary, the company reflects on a legacy of innovation, quality, and family-driven leadership. (read the full article on page 16 in the magazine)

CP&A Encourages Structural, Civil Engineers to Consider Crane Industry

Article by Casper, Phillips & Associates.

Showing trainee and structural engineers what the crane industry has to offer. (read the full article on page 22 in the magazine)

DEPARTMENTS

  • News in Our Industry
    • Kito Crosby Enhances Safety and Efficiency for Overhead Power Line Construction
    • William Hackett Strengthens Bespoke Capabilities with New Acquisition
    • RiConnect Appoints Holloway Houston in Americas
    • Modulift Spreader Beams Integral to Hinkley Point Construction
    • pewag, LMS, Modulift Brands Brought Together
    • RiConnect Secures Three-Year Headline Sponsorship at LiftEx
    • ANSI Approves New ANSI/ISEA 100 Standard for Industrial Bump Caps
    • RSS Lifts Autonomous Unmanned Surface Vessel
    • AISI Applauds EPS’s Reconsideration of Onerous Air Rules
    • RiConnect Data Residency Helps Regional Compliance
    • Unirope Open New Training Center
    • AISI Statement on Implementation of Additional Steel Tariffs
    • Five Steel Groups Pledge Support for Steel Tariffs, Applaud Actions
    • CM Labs Partners with elobau to Showcase Next-Generation Controls at Bauma 2025
  • Denny’s Crane & Rigging Notes (by Dennis J. O’Rourke) – What I Found Walking Around, Part 1. (read the full column on page 40)
  • Inventor’s Corner (by William Fischer):
    • Weight
    • Crane device, method for determining number of falls, and computer readable non-transitory recording medium
    • Small diameter cable
    • Locking apparatus for wire management
    • Wire rope diagnostic device that can be engaged using battery packs
    • Steel cable adjustment terminal and method for using same
  • Products in the News
  • People in the News
  • Puzzle Page: Word Search and Crossword Puzzle
  • Classified Ads

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