LGH Expands Lift Capability with 1,500-Tonne Modular Spreader Beam

Lifting Gear Hire, also known as LGH, an equipment rental company specializing in the rental of lifting and moving equipment, has significantly expanded its super-heavy lift capabilities with the introduction of a new 1,500-tonne modular spreader beam, strengthening its position in the global high-tonnage lifting market.

This strategic investment reflects growing demand from infrastructure and heavy industrial sectors where larger and more complex lifts require high-capacity, adaptable equipment. It is also DNV-rated, which means it is designed and manufactured in compliance to meet standards for offshore and marine lifting. This also means it is suitable for heavy-lift vessels, pipe-lay ships, and offshore wind projects.

Nicknamed ‘MEGAMOD’ because of its immense strength, and engineered by Modulift, the new beam is now integrated into LGH’s global rental fleet. It is rated at 1,500 tonnes WLL at a 20-meter span and has been designed to provide maximum flexibility for project-specific lifting requirements.

MEGAMOD’s modular design avoids the limitations of fixed systems, allowing faster mobilization, simpler transportation and adaptable configurations across a wide range of lift applications. It joins LGH’s fleet of spreader beams available for rent from six tonnes up to 1,500 tonnes, alongside a full range of rigging equipment including shackles, slings, load cells, load links, winches and sheave blocks.

A shackle-free rigging solution

The beam also features trunnion ends, offering a shackle-free rigging solution ideally suited to heavy loads. This innovation allows load rotation, reduces rigging weight, improves health and safety, and enables faster, easier mobilisation whilst delivering tangible time and cost savings. The trunnion ends are fully interchangeable, ensuring maximum flexibility across LGH’s fleet.

Upon delivery, the 1,500-tonne beam will travel from LGH’s Antwerp workshop to a heavy-tonnage load testing project, with future applications including offshore installation, infrastructure projects such as bridge construction, marine crane testing, and heavy industrial lifts.

The beam is available to rent now, giving LGH’s customers access to high-capacity, adaptable equipment that is engineered to meet the evolving demands of the super heavy lift market and to help them complete projects more safely, efficiently and effectively than ever before.

Andy Mault, CEO of LGH, said: “At LGH, our focus is on delivering complete lifting solutions that save our customers time, reduce risk and improve operational efficiency. The clients we work with are taking on larger and more technically demanding projects than ever before, so by investing in equipment like this modular spreader beam, we are strengthening our ability to provide flexible, safe and efficient solutions that will support the next generation of super heavy lift operations. It also represents our commitment to leading the global heavy lift rental market."