ESTA is calling for the development of a time-limited override system to reduce the number of dangerous safety incidents resulting from problems with the use of the Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) additive, also known as AdBlue. Details of the growing concerns surrounding this issue were underscored at ESTA’s autumn meetings in Copenhagen in October. Last … Read more
ESTA has launched an online safety survey and is appealing to its members, supporters and the wider industry to complete it by the end of November to help us better understand the needs and challenges across Europe’s heavy transport and lifting industry. The survey has been created by ESTA’s permanent Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) … Read more
Reform of Europe’s abnormal transport regulations along with developments in safety and training topped the agenda at ESTA’s successful series of autumn meetings, held in Copenhagen on October 23 and 24.. The meetings and dinner – and a hugely enjoyable boat trip around the city’s harbours and canals – were hosted by ESTA member Dansk … Read more
Finland has formally recognised ESTA’s European Crane Operators Licence as the scheme continues to slowly expand its influence. Approval has been given by AVI, the country’s Regional State Administrative Agencies. The agencies are regional arms of the state with a wide range of regulatory, supervisory and permit-granting responsibilities across basic public services and occupational safety. … Read more
ESTA is appealing to its members and supporters to contact their MEPs to persuade them to attend the upcoming High-Level Debate in Brussels on the role of abnormal transport in delivering Europe’s green and military agenda. The debate will in part focus on the need for Europe to develop abnormal transport corridors for both industrial … Read more
An urgent and unexpected discussion among decision makers on proposed revisions of the European Union’s Weights and Dimensions Directive is to take place this Wednesday in Brussels (October 15). In order to secure presence of key stakeholders around the table, ESTA has decided to postpone the previously planned High Level Debate to discuss the significant … Read more
The ESTA Users’ Night and Awards 2026 will take place on April 16 at the Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin in Noordwijk aan Zee in the Netherlands. New look and simpler entry forms will be available online soon and the 2026 awards will be the first to be overseen by Gerard Bastiaansen, the former Managing … Read more
Experts working on the first draft of a new best practice guide on the safe use, inspection and maintenance of rope sheaves on mobile cranes hope to have it available for discussion during ESTA’s autumn meetings in Copenhagen this October. The project was set up by ESTA together with FEM, the European Association of Lifting … Read more
A unique public debate on the role of abnormal transport in delivering Europe’s green and military agenda is to be held in the European Parliament on October 15 – and ESTA members have been invited to attend in person. Called a ‘High Level Debate’, it is the latest in a series of actions taken by … Read more
ESTA Director Ton Klijn has made a renewed call for European governments to streamline and harmonize their heavy transport regulations – and boost infrastructure investment – to better support both industrial and military users. He was speaking on Friday at the biennial Internationale Schwerlasttage in Hohenroda in Germany, a respected congress for the heavy‑lift and specialized transport … Read more