ESTA has published new technical guidance to help members minimise problems with Diesel Exhaust Fluid, also known as AdBlue, the liquid injected into the exhaust system to reduce Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) emissions. Concern has been growing about the effect of DEF /AdBlue additives for many months, with some crane rental companies calculating that one third … Read more
ESTA has presented a 2025 ‘Gino Koster special award’ to the Verbändeinitiative Grossraum und Schwertransporte (VI-GST) from Germany, a pan-industry grouping that has successfully lobbied the German government to make a series of improvements to the country’s heavy and abnormal transport regulations. The award was presented at the climax of the 2025 ESTA Awards dinner … Read more
ESTA has paid tribute to two respected mobile crane experts who are retiring after many years’ service in their respective companies and industry organisations. Gerhard Kaupert from Manitowoc and Martin Lottes from Tadano Faun have both represented FEM – the European Materials Handling Federation – in the European Regulations Working Group, working alongside ESTA on … Read more
Fabio Belli has been unanimously re-elected as ESTA’s President for a second three-year term by the association’s General Assembly at its meeting in Munich held during the Bauma exhibition. Belli currently holds the positions of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Kerry Project Logistics Group and is Senior Advisor to the Board … Read more
ESTA’s much-anticipated Lifting Operation Risk Management (LORM) best practice guide has been published and is freely available to everyone involved in lifting operations. It was presented at ESTA’s Spring meeting in Munich in April by Blanca Claeyssens, managing director of ASA France and a member of ESTA’s LORM working group. The guide is in English … Read more
ESTA has renewed its call for Europe to develop a network of abnormal transport corridors to support the needs of both the military and industry. Details were contained in a new ESTA background paper sent to MEPs this week. This was a response to the European Commission’s White Paper on Defence Readiness 2030 in which … Read more
New rules on driving permits and related regulations across the EU have been provisionally agreed by the Council and European Parliament. The changes are contained in planned reforms to the EU’s driving licence directive and include the accompanied driving scheme for trucks and vans which is intended to help ease the shortage of professional drivers. … Read more
ESTA stepped up its lobbying work in March with a series of top-level meetings in Brussels with the aim of ensuring that the recent progress on reforming the rules and regulations government heavy and abnormal transport continues. The meetings were arranged by ESTA’s lobbyist and EU adviser Margareta Przybyla and were attended by ESTA Director … Read more
New rules and regulations governing heavy and abnormal transport in Germany will come into force on July 1 following concerted pressure and criticism from hauliers and wider industry. The changes were published in the Federal Gazette on March 10 in an attempt “to facilitate and accelerate oversized and heavy goods transport” and will include increased … Read more
The finalists of the 2025 ESTA Awards have been announced and they include projects and companies from 12 different countries. Of the 34 finalists, Hareket from Turkey claimed three slots, as did Sarens from Belgium and Mammoet Europe from the Netherlands. Two companies were double finalists – Collett & Sons from the UK and Dutch … Read more