Wire Rope News & Sling Technology Magazine OCTOBER 2025
Great news! The much-anticipated October 2025 issue of Wire Rope News & Sling Technology has arrived, packed with essential industry insights and fascinating features. Dive into an in-depth look at the evolution of dry docks and wing wall cranes, gain crucial management advice in “Buddy to Boss,” and explore the delicate balance of flexibility and strength in aircraft cable. Your print copy should have already landed in your mailbox, the digital edition will be available very soon, and you can already find select articles posted on our blog, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Don’t miss out on the latest news in lifting and rigging technology!
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COVER PHOTO: Boston’s WWII-era dry dock on an overcast day, with the USS Cassin Young nearby
Featured Articles:
- Wing Wall Cranes & Dry Docks
- Author: Dennis J. O’Rourke, CSP, Historiographer, OSHA Part 1919 Maritime Surveyor
- Focus: The need for proper maintenance ont he high seas adn the evolution of the modern dry dock.
- (read the full article on page 8 in the magazine)
- Buddy to Boss: Ensuring the New Manager’s Success
- Author: Phillip M. Perry
- Focus: How to ensure that newly appoionted managers have the skills needed to fill advance positions.
- (read the full article on page 16 in the magazine)
- OZ Lifting Holds Grand Opening
- A larger facility in Winona, Minnesota gives the company new opportunities to grow.
- (read the full article on page 22 in the magazine)
- Balancing Flexibility, Strength and Fatigue in Aircraft Cable
- Courtesy of Central Wire Group
- Important qualities of aircraft cable products.
- (read the full article on page 26 in the magazine)
- Bylor Partners with Modulift
- Focus: Modulift and Bylor partner to install a custom rebar lifting frame.
- (read more on page 28 in the magazine)
- RSS Supplies RIgging to Lift Lancaster Bomber Sculpture
- Focus: Hutchinson Engineering Services supplied RSS with the gear to move life-size airplane art.
- (read more on page 30 in the magazine)
DEPARTMENTS
- News in Our Industry (page 34)
- YOKE BlueSupra Wins in Environment Category at Lifting Africa Awards
- Kito Crosby Launches 2025 Lifting for the Troops Campaign to Support Children of Fallen Patriots
- RiConnect Combines Digital Product Passports, SaaS
- Bishop Lifting Acquires American Rigger’s Supply, Expanding Footprint into Kansas City and the Midwest
- Kito Crosby Announces the Expanded Product Offering of eepos Cranes through Harrington Sales Channels in the Americans
- ALL Adding New Broderson Carry Decks to Fleet
- CM Labs Hosts AEM Day Focused on Innovation, Adocacy, and Collaboration
- Aberdeen Web Round Slings Lift 210t Turbine for World’s Largest Renewal Tidal Project
- CP&A Commissions Ship-to-Shore Cranes at GCT Deltaport
- Find Your LIfting Answers at LiftEx 2025 in Liverpool
- Denny’s Crane & Rigging Notes
- Author: Dennis J. O’Rourke, CSP, OSHA Crane Surveyor)
- What I found Walking Around, Part 4.
- (read the full column on page 49)
- Inventor’s Corner (by William Fischer on page 50):
- Hoisting and lowering device
- Vibration suppression device for rope-like body of elevator
- Integrated rope defect sensing system
- Systems and methods for airborne recovery and launch of aerial vehicles
- High strength wire
- Products in the News (page 59)
- Tamdemloc Unveils Lightweight “X” 4-Point Spreader Frame for More Efficient Lifts
- The AMH CDFXA Inline Shortening Hook Assemblies from CARTEC
- Kito Crosby Expands. Harrington TCK Air Hoist Line with New 10 and 25 Ton Models
- OZ Lifting Launches Parapet Davit Base, Atends Construction Events
- pewag Adds PLZW-R rapid to Winner Pro Points Range
- Doleco’s DoRa Gen 2 Ratchets 33 Percent Faster, While Offering Enhanced Safety Features for Maximum Versatility
- OZ Lifting Shows New Stainless Steel Davit Crane at WEFTEC
- Kito Crosby Launches Erikkila Movable Workstation Crane to Improve Efficiency & Flexibility
- Talurit Group Brings UK-proven, Certified Wholesales Lifting & Safety Supplies to The Global Market
- Ketten Walder GmbH Launches cromox Roundsling Connectors
- People in the News (page 66)
- Kito Crosby Team Heads to Rwanda for Cyumba Bridge Maintenance, serving 4,400+ residents
- DICA Expands Manufacturing and Office Facilities to Support Growing Customer Demand
- Bishop Lifting Announces Grant Garrett as Chief Executive Officer
- ALL Promotes Joe Kiskunas Branch Manager of Dawes-Kaukauna
- Unirope Sponsort Team Inglis Curling Squad
- New Steel Construction Leaders Named to SEAA’s 2025 Board of Directors
- Puzzle Page (page 70): Word Search and Crossword Puzzle
- Classified Ads (page 72)
Articles and news from past issues are posted on our blog, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
