Prolift Handling is authorised Distribution Partner for Green Pin^® Shackles in Ireland. We offer all types of Green Pin Shackles to the customers. Before discussing further about our Shackle range let's find out what exactly is a shackle?

A shackle is a U-shaped piece of metal secured with a clevis pin or bolt across the opening or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism. Shackles are the primary connecting link in all manner of rigging systems, from boats and ships to industrial crane rigging, as they allow different rigging subsets to be connected or disconnected quickly.

About Green Pin - Van Beest:

Green Pin® is the leading brand for premium quality lifting and lashing equipment, including shackles, turnbuckles, hooks. Only Green Pin® offers a unique combination of innovative, high-quality products with industry-leading availability and comprehensive, worldwide support. The Green Pin® brand finds its origin in 1922: that was the year Dirk van Beest (founder) started to forge shackles that would later be branded Green Pin®. Immediately, customers across the globe recognized Green Pin® as an example of quality, giving the product worldwide recognition and demand. Green Pin® shackles are manufactured at our production unit in Sliedrecht, the Netherlands, making them a genuine ‘Made in Holland’ product.

Green Pin - A Brand Committed to quality, speed, and service

Green Pin^® creates high-end lashing and lifting equipment such as shackles, turnbuckles, and hooks. The raw materials come from high-quality suppliers who guarantee full traceability, and the automated production facilities greatly reduce margins of error. Green Pin^® products comply with a wide range of internationally recognized standards and are certified by class societies such as DNV-GL. Combined with product quality, Green Pin^® offers unrivaled product availability that is fast, global, and extremely reliable. our Green Pin^® shackles are also accompanied by CAD drawings, technical documentation, a technical helpdesk, and a suite of technical training

Different Types of Shackles that we offer:

There is a wide variety of shackles types and sizes available in the market and sometimes it can be baffling to choose the best suitable shackle for your rigging application, the shackle body shape is a main factor which determines how it can be used. We will go through few shackles types in this article:

Bow Shackle with Screw Collar Pin: 

The bow shackles are also called anchor shackles, these shackles have a large round shape with increased area on the inside of the shackle body which allows them to take loads from several directions without developing major side load.The screw pin enables quick (dis)assembly which makes the shackle perfect for rigging activities in which assembly and disassembly occur relatively frequently. These shackles can be used for both one-leg and multi-leg systems.

Wider Mouth Bow Shackle:

The wider shackle mouth enables you to connect the shackle to a connecting point (e.g. pad eye) which is wider than usual. The shackle is the perfect choice when the load is dynamic or exposed to extreme vibrations because of its triple safety (split pin, safety bolt and fixed nut).

Dee Shackle with Screw Collar Pin

D-shackle also called DEE shackle or chain shackle have a D-shape body which is narrower than the bow shackle body. The DEE shackle is suitable for one-leg lifting systems only and is available in a range with a working load limit from 0.33 up to 55 ton.

Fishing DEE Shackle with Screw Pin

Fishing Shackle is a dee shackle with a square sunken hole screw pin (flush pin). The Green Pin Fishing Dee Shackle FP contains no protruding parts so it does not damage or get caught in fishing nets.