Confidence in lifting and rigging

A look at Safe Lifting’s rental portfolio shows a comprehensive list of equipment.

SAFE LIFTIng EuROPE HAS gROWn STEAdILy duRIng ITS FIRST TEn yEARS OF BuSInESS. THIS gROWTH HAS nOT OnLy BEEn In TERMS OF cOMPLETEd PROjEcTS BuT ALSO, PERHAPS MORE nOTABLy, In TERMS OF A WIdER VARIETy OF SEcTORS SERVEd.

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The company’s expansion has also gone hand-inhand with the broadening of its product and service portfolio. Safe Lifting Europe Sales Engineer Perry Verduijn gives an insight into the company’s success. Based in Vlaardingen, in the heart of the Port of Rotterdam, the company started business in renting out lifting and rigging equipment, with a focus on the offshore oil & gas industry. However, it soon became apparent that the company’s services were also highly suitable for sectors outside of the oil & gas realm.

Extensive portfolio “We have expanded well beyond the offshore oil & gas industry”, Mr Verduijn explains. “Today, we have clients from sectors as diverse as onshore construction and engineering, and inland shipping. We are of course still involved with offshore clients, where the energy transition is significant. Our services really help our offshore wind clients. As wind turbine components become bigger and heavier, the relevance of safe lifting operations becomes even more important.” A look at Safe Lifting’s rental portfolio shows a comprehensive list of equipment. It includes a huge range of lifting, testing, site operations, marine operations, ROV, and hydraulic equipment. “A key point of our equipment range is the variety,” states Mr Verduijn, “as we have everything from water bags and round slings, to hoists and hydraulic ROV release shackles. This directly translates into a diversity of projects. For crane testing operations, for instance, we have the scope to handle a small davit crane test just as well as the largest offshore cranes.”

Specialist skills After talking to Verduijn some more, it becomes clear that Safe Lifting is far more than just a place to rent equipment. “We can also supply the people. We have the in-house skills to carry out the engineering and ballast plans for the heavier lifts and we have the hands-on expertise for the actual lift itself. We will bring in the lifting equipment, as well as on-site equipment such as water pumps or light towers when we work at night. In terms of products, we have everything from A to Z, but having our own specialist personnel means that we are a true one-stop-shop.” For non-standard project types, Safe Lifting provides clients with tailor-made solutions. At the ‘heavy’ end of the scale, this can call for the deployment of grommets up to 1,700t, shackles up to 2,000t, and spreader beams with a capacity of up to 3,000t. To illustrate an ‘out-of-the-box’ project, Mr Verduijn mentions a recent contract to pump a 10cm deep layer of water on top of the roof of a newly built data centre to test its water-tightness.

Product development On the subject of product development, it is notable that Safe Lifting works closely with its equipment manufacturers and suppliers. A recent example is the company’s cooperation with Modulift, with whom they engineered a 3,000t modular spreader beam. Mr Verduijn explains, “We are in contact with the producers of our products, as we want to be as involved as possible. For this spreader beam, we gave Modulift the specifications of what we needed. Being involved like this – giving them the feedback of what our customers need – enables us to have great confidence in the products that we have on offer.” It is this confidence that puts the ‘safe’ into Safe Lifting’s name. “In a complex lift with multiple components, it is imperative to know exactly how each element will behave. And because we know all the ins and outs of all our products, we can call ourselves Safe Lifting”, concludes Mr Verduijn.

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