Calling all ESTA members, special members, affiliated companies and supporters: The ESTA Users’ Night and Awards 2022 will take place – in person – at the five star Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin in the Netherlands on Thursday March 17 next year. The closing date for entries is January 14, so don’t delay. All entry … Read more
The Polish Government has announced details of a new Road Act which contains a change in the application procedure for abnormal transport permits. The legislation is expected to receive Presidential approval later this month. From January 1, 2022, applicants will need to attach to the permit application a bank transfer confirmation showing that they have … Read more
ESTA’s 2022 Users’ Night and Awards will be held on the evening of March 17 next year as the first in-person event since 2019. The venue will be the five-star Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin at Noordwijk, on the coast near Amsterdam. As usual, ESTA’s General Assembly and the crane and transport section meetings will … Read more
ESTA is calling for nominations from its members to replace popular President David Collett who is standing down at the organisation’s next General Assembly meeting in April 2022. Collett, who represents the UK’s Heavy Transport Association and is Managing Director of Halifax-headquartered company Collett Group, will have served three terms as president by next April, … Read more
ESTA is to set up a new working group to investigate creating a Europe-wide register of crane accidents. The decision was taken at the most recent online meeting of the organisation’s General Assembly – ESTA’s ruling body – on October 15. Concern is growing in the crane industry that governments and regulators are proposing new … Read more
ESTA has been supporting the European Commission-funded Aeroflex project which has been working on new technologies and concepts to improve the efficiency and environmental performance of long-distance heavy freight vehicles by up to 33 percent. The project – which received 9.5 million euros in EC funding through the Horizon 2020 programme for research and innovation … Read more
The issuing of abnormal transport permits in Denmark was transferred from the Police to the Danish Road Directorate on October 1. Applications must be made via an electronic application form. Overseas applicants can apply for an abnormal transport permit in either German or English. On the website of the Danish Vejdirektoratet you will find the … Read more
ESTA has welcomed the European Commission´s launch of a call for proposals to access €100 million in funding under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) to improve the network of safe and secure truck parking areas (SSTPAs) across the European Union. There are currently only 300,000 truck parking spaces available in the EU – an estimated … Read more
The issuing of abnormal transport permits in Denmark was transferred from the Police to the Danish Road Directorate on October 1. Applications must be made via an electronic application form. Overseas applicants can apply for an abnormal transport permit in either German or English. For further information, go to the Danish Road Directorate’s homepage, vejdirektoratet.dk.
ESTA is to start work on the development of a CO2 calculation tool that will allow members and supporters to calculate the CO2 production of a specified crane when executinga project including the work involved in mobilisation and demobilisation. The decision was taken at September’s meeting of the ESTA Board. ESTA Director Ton Klijn said: … Read more