en.Wedoany.com Reported - Recently, the world's first international standard for the safe use of bridge and gantry cranes, ISO 12480-5:2026 "Cranes — Safe Use — Part 5: Bridge and Gantry Cranes," led by China, was officially published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Bridge and gantry cranes are the most widely used category of lifting equipment in the machinery industry, covering nearly twenty sub-types, including general-purpose bridge cranes, general-purpose gantry cranes, quayside container cranes, rail-mounted gantry cranes, nuclear power plant polar cranes, and shipbuilding gantry cranes. These devices are extensively applied in key global industrial sectors such as industrial production, port logistics, shipbuilding, nuclear power engineering, water conservancy and hydropower, and aerospace. This international standard specifies safety requirements for the installation, dismantling, operation, inspection, and maintenance of the aforementioned cranes. The publication of this standard fills an international gap in this field, improves the crane international standard system, and provides a unified basis for safe operation for engineers and technicians worldwide. It directly contributes to standardizing global lifting procedures, preventing crane safety risks, curbing lifting accidents, and enhancing the level of safety control in lifting operations.

This international standard is an important component of the ISO safety standard system for cranes, developed jointly by experts from seven countries, including Germany, the United States, Australia, Japan, Finland, Ireland, and China. In leading the development of this standard, China conducted in-depth industry technical research and contributed effective practical experience and advanced management methods for the safe use of bridge and gantry cranes domestically.