Lifting and rigging companies are upgrading from traditional lifting slings to those made with new synthetic materials. This is due to a range of challenges, such as a shrinking labour force to do ...

Before each lift, synthetic slings should be inspected for such common damage as knots, burns, holes, cuts, abrasion, broken stitching, chemical spills and ultraviolet fading.

Upon delivery, these became the first very large diameter synthetic rope slings certified by Lloyd’s for multiple uses in offshore installations. By the end of February 2010, 67 of the 140 ...