ESTA is calling on the European Commission to amend its plans for a network of Safe and Secure Truck Parking Areas (SSTPAs) to include abnormal transports and take account of the needs of women drivers. At its meeting in early September, ESTA’s Board repeated its support for the concept but said the current plans remain … Read more
Companies in Italy are complaining that illogical and excessive bureaucracy is seriously hindering the heavy transport and lifting sector, pushing up costs and causing projects to be delayed unnecessarily. ESTA’s Italian member association ANNA and the heavy transport and lifting company Fagioli have both complained to the authorities and ESTA has written in their support. … Read more
Let me start by saying that serving as ESTA President for three terms – for a total of nine years and the maximum allowed under our rules – was a huge privilege and, it should be said, great fun. Of course, I am not leaving the stage, as it were, and I will still sit … Read more
Crane and access platform manufacturers – plus ESTA and European rental companies – have reacted with disbelief to a clause in the draft new European Machinery Regulations that requires all mobile machinery to be designed to prevent contact with overhead power lines or where the risk cannot be avoided, designed to ensure that all hazards … Read more
The European Labour Authority (ELA) has announced it will organise a sector-specific online training session on road transport on November 14 from 9.30-12.30 CET. This training session will be dedicated to the new rules and obligations on the return of the vehicle, driving times and rest periods (mainly focused on weekly rest outside the cabin). … Read more
The European Labour Authority (ELA) has published two information leaflets for drivers and operators in the road transport sector on the “posting of drivers” and “driving and rest time rules”. The first leaflet “Posted drivers – know your rights and obligations” – here https://www.ela.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2022-06/ela-posted-drivers-leaflet.pdf – explains when a driver is posted and when not, and … Read more
ICSA – the International Crane Stakeholders Assembly – has published two new detailed, free guidance documents on the use of mobile cranes. The first – ICSA 005 – is the long-awaited report on the use of mobile cranes on barges. Work on this started in the wake of a crane accident in Alphen aan den … Read more
Norway’s crane association – Kranutleiernes Landsforening – heard a detailed explanation of ESTA’s European Crane Operators Licence project from ESTA Director Ton Klijn at its recent annual meeting held in the country’s capital, Oslo. Following the meeting, crane association Secretary Kristian Hersløv said: “We are open to the idea of ECOL and there are obvious … Read more
Eleven leading European companies have said they will join ESTA’s discussions about how to create a Europe-wide system of training for SPMT operators. Concern has been growing in the industry at the lack of recognised training qualifications and the need to improve safety standards as the SPMT market grows. As a result, ESTA set up … Read more
ESTA’s 2022 Autumn Meeting will be hosted by Finnish association INFRA and takes place on October 13 and 14 in Helsinki at the Scandic Grand Marina Hotel. ESTA members can reserve their rooms themselves through Scandic’s official website using the Hotel Room booking button in the meetings section of this website. Meanwhile, Antti Astren has … Read more