Under The Hook
Edition
The Under the Hook Edition focuses on the critical lifting attachments and rigging solutions that connect cranes to the load. Covering below-the-hook equipment, rigging hardware, lifting devices, safety standards, and real-world applications, this edition highlights the engineering, expertise, and people that ensure safe and precise lifts across the global lifting industry.
Built For The People Who Power The Industry
The Under the Hook Edition is built for the riggers who plan, prepare, and execute lifts where precision and safety are non-negotiable. These professionals are the link between the crane and the load, applying technical knowledge, experience, and judgment to select the right rigging configurations, lifting devices, and attachment points for every lift. Their expertise ensures that complex and high-risk lifting operations are carried out safely, efficiently, and in compliance with industry standards.
This edition recognizes the rigging workforce by focusing on the tools, training, and real-world challenges they face on job sites every day. From rigging techniques and load control to inspections, certifications, and evolving safety requirements, the magazine delivers practical, job-relevant content designed to support riggers at every level. Built for the people under the hook, it amplifies their voices and reinforces the professionalism that keeps the lifting industry moving safely.
Spring 2026 Edition
This new publication is dedicated to the equipment, technologies, safety practices, and professionals working beneath the hook every day. Inside this first edition, you'll find coverage of rigging safety, lift planning, inspection standards, load control technology, foundation equipment, and the innovations helping shape the future of lifting operations.
Featured stories include:
🔹 Under the Hook News
🔹 Coverstory: Vita Inclinata Load Navigator 2.0
🔹 Under Inspection: Safe Lifting Standards
🔹 Foundation Equipment Feature: Rent vs. Own
🔹 Safety First Rigging: Lessons from the Field
Thank you to the manufacturers, operators, riggers, engineers, safety professionals, and industry partners who helped make this publication possible.
Stay Up To Date With The Industry
Stay up to date with the latest rigging and below-the-hook news, equipment developments, safety updates, inspection requirements, lift-planning practices, and industry trends from around the world.
From rigging hardware and lifting devices to load control, training, standards, and real-world applications, follow the developments shaping safe and precise lifting operations.
Drops January 22nd
Local Reach, Global Impact
Every successful lift depends on what happens between the crane and the load.
The Under the Hook Edition connects the riggers, manufacturers, engineers, safety professionals, equipment specialists, and lifting experts responsible for safe and precise load handling around the world.
From rigging hardware and below-the-hook lifting devices to inspections, load control, training, standards, and emerging technology, Under the Hook brings real-world knowledge and industry expertise together to support safer, smarter lifting operations across the global industry.