Straightpoint supplied wireless load cells to rigging and testing specialist Marine & Industrial Supply, which was tasked with sourcing the load cells and shackles for the project.
The load cells offer wireless transfer of data to a PC, as well as the ability to monitor the pick points of dynamic loads while the loads are being moved.
Charles Duprey, project manager at Fracht FWO, said: "The load cells were crucial given that when we loaded the absorption tower and flash vessel in China the lift weight in the barge was drastically inaccurate, so for safety reasons we wanted to weigh them again in New Orleans.
"Importantly, when we used the load cells to weigh the items at the port, the weight matched the documents of the manufacturer which told us that the measurements recorded by the barge crane instruments were incorrect.
"This wireless capability was hugely beneficial to the project, as was the convenience of being able to change the capacity in which the information was displayed from tons to pounds, for example. The Marine & Industrial Supply team were fantastic, as was the capability and performance of the Straightpoint load cells."
