Supporting Government & Military with Efficient Procurement

Efficient government purchasing and military purchasing is made possible through Bishop Lifting Products, Inc. (BLP). Founded in 1984, BLP is a leading manufacturer and distributor of material handling solutions, products and services for crane and rigging applications. Among the many products available for materials handling systems are Slingmax slings, Crosby rigging hardware, plate clamps, Campbell chain, wire rope hoists and wire rope slings. Combined with our BLP Services and BLP Solutions divisions, our 100+ dedicated employees throughout Texas and Louisiana help leading companies and select resellers in heavy industries solve their lifting needs worldwide.


Government & Military Government Purchasing & Military Purchasing Expertise

Veteran-owned BLP is a SBA small business, CCR approved, ORCA compliant vendor that provides the complete line of rigging services, products from leading manufacturers worldwide and custom lifting solutions necessary for both public agency and military branch procurement for categories including NAICS 332618 and FSC 3950.  Our DUNS number is 11-738-0543 and our Cage Code is 1L2F2.

Our serialized lifting products are produced and tested to industry and governmental standards including ASME B30 & BTH-1, AWS D1.1 & D14.1, NAVFAC P-307 and WS&TDA specifications.  As part of our P-307 compliant tagging and testing process, we utilitize color-coding to assure periodic inspections and improve safety. Plus BLP provides free online access to testing certifications to streamline your compliance efforts through BLP QuickTrack™ as part of our ISO9001:2000 certified processes. All this helps BLP support our governmental agencies and military branches achieve new levels of efficiency.


BLP Services Material Handling Solutions & Services

Since 1998, our BLP Services division has provided offshore and land-based inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, modernization, on-site staffing, and lift specialist consulting. We service wire rope, slings, loose lifting gear, cranes, hoists and oilfield equipment. BLP Services adheres to current industry standards, manufacturer recommendations and customer requirements. Our employees maintain a strict regimen of training on all types of lifting equipment, offering detailed inspection reports on paper and online. 



Slings & Rigging Products Slings & Rigging Products

BLP fabricates wire rope, synthetic, alloy chain, metal mesh, and high performance slings including SlingMax® Gator-Flex® 9-part Grommets, Twin-Path® Extra CoverMax®, and Gator-Laid® 9-part slings. We’re a Campbell welded alloy chain sling repair station, a Cambridge metal mesh sling repair center/authorized fabricator and premiere distributor of Crosby shackles, blocks, sheaves, and hooks. BLP is North America’s largest stocking distributor of Teufelberger high performance crane ropes, with a large inventory of wire rope sizes and constructions. In all, BLP is a top distributor worldwide for SlingMax® Rigging Solutions, The Crosby® Group, Campbell® chain, J.C. Renfroe & Sons lifting clamps, Teufelberger®  and Wire Rope Industries® wire ropes.



Solutions Solutions

Our BLP Solutions division features an experienced in-house engineering, design and fabrication team that utilizes CAD, 3D modeling, and FEA programs. We fabricate custom lifting devices as well as our BLP Ultra™ line of spreader bars, lifting beams, material baskets, padeyes, lifting lugs, bottle/drum lifters, forklift/crane adapters, tongs, hooks and other specialized rigging appliances including personnel lifters and personnel baskets. 






Personnel Lifting Personnel Lifting

In 1998, our BLP Solution division responded to the industry’s need for improved personnel lifting on drilling rigs with the electric powered BLP MaxiRider™. Today, it"s joined by the air powered BLP UltraRider™ for offshore personnel lifting. Their numerous safety features, ease of operation improvements and and total wireless rider control makes these and our other personnel baskets the most demanded and trusted personnel lifting systems in the oilfield.






BLP QuickTrack BLP QuickTrack Online Cert System

All serialized and tested products purchased from BLP have corresponding test compliance certificates and tagging. Our BLP QuickTrack™ online cert system then gives you immediate access to these certs to streamline your compliance efforts.  Visit BLPQuickTrack.com to access any certs for products purchased after January 1, 2007. Our focus on customer service and innovations like BLP QuickTrack™ are additional examples why you should depend on BLP as the full service, global partner for all your crane and rigging needs.



Quality & Improvement Quality & Improvement

BLP’s four cornerstones to success are a vigorous Quality system; an ingrained safety & health consciousness; an active environmental plan; and a structured training program. Each of these plays an important role in the decision making processes of BLP and incorporates employee participation at all levels. In 1999 we achieved our ISO 9002:1994 Quality certification from Det Norske Veritas (DNV), which was upgraded to the ISO 9001:2000 certification in 2003. Today, we are developing an ISO 14000 compatible Environmental system and an OHSAS 18000 Health and Safety system.


Industry Leadership Industry Leadership

BLP and its divisions are active committee participants or members of leading industry organizations including the Associated Wire Rope Fabricators (AWRF), Web Sling and Tie-Down Association (WSTDA), Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA), International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC), American Petroleum Institute (API), American Pipeline Contractors Association (APCA), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Association of Crane & Rigging Professionals (ACRP), Houston Business Roundtable (HBR), and the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO). 


Houston Corporate Campus Locations

BLP Group is divided into 3 divisions: Bishop Lifting Products, Inc., BLP Services, and BLP Solutions. Bishop Lifting Products has branches in Houston, Texas and in New Iberia, Louisiana. BLP Services has branches located in Houston, Beaumont, TX, and New Iberia. BLP Solutions is located in Houston. BLP employs over 100 people, and in April 2006 relocated onto a new 12 acre property more than doubling our warehouse square footage.





Contact Information

BLP’s corporate office and primary manufacturing now operate from our campus in Houston, Texas. Contact us via our email page , branch locations page or call 1-800-972-1041 for more information on why BLP should be your full service procurement partner for crane and rigging applications. You can also click the below Printable PDF icon for a print version of this page.


Bishop Lifting Products, Inc. (BLP)

125 McCarty Drive, Building 1, Houston, Texas 77029 USA
Email: sales@lifting.com Store: www.slings.com
Phone: (713) 674-2266 Toll Free: (800) 972-1041 Fax: (713) 672-9229

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