The International Crane Stakeholders Assembly – of which ESTA is a member – has agreed to develop new guidance on the safe operation of mobile cranes near power lines. The ICSA’s move follows publication of the controversial new European Machinery Regulations. The document says that ‘where relevant’, it requires all mobile machinery to be designed … Read more
A new and influential campaign is increasing the pressure on the German government to take urgent action to improve the increasingly difficult conditions faced by large and heavy transport in the country. Called Verbändeinitiative Großraum und Schwertransporte (VI GST) – the Association Initiative for Large-scale and Heavy Transport – it has brought together 31 mostly … Read more
ESTA is delighted to welcome Madrid-headquartered Transportes y Grúas Aguado as a new Special Member from Spain. A family company with almost five hundred employees, it was started in 1982, initially working mostly in and around Madrid before expanding in Malaga and Algeciras and later more widely across the whole country with the offices in … Read more
France has started introducing a new on-line platform for the registration of abnormal loads. The new platform “Mon Transport Exceptionnel” was launched on June 15 and will progressively replace the existing TENET system for formulating requests for abnormal loads in France. The old system will be closed on 15 September 2023. Transport operators can already … Read more
ESTA has written to the German government and the European Commission pleading for them to take urgent action to resolve the crisis facing heavy transport in Germany caused by weak infrastructure and long delays in issuing permits. The strongly worded letter also calls on ministers and commissioners to set out a detailed long-term plan for … Read more
ESTA has launched a members-only English-language version of the CO2 calculator developed by Dutch crane association VVT. It is available to ESTA members via the ESTA website. The tool will allow members to calculate the CO2 production of specified equipment when executing a project including the work involved in mobilisation and demobilisation. The calculator has … Read more
ESTA members are being asked for nominations for the position of Section Transport President when current postholder André Friderici steps down in the autumn. André Friderici – technical director of Swiss heavy transport and lifting company Friderici Spécial – is planning to retire from the ESTA position after more than a decade at the helm … Read more
ESTA is pressing ahead with plans to develop a European Trailer Operators Licence (ETOL) for SPMT operators after the plans received strong support at the association’s recent Spring meetings in the Netherlands. Concern has been growing in the industry at the lack of recognised training qualifications and the need to improve safety standards as the … Read more
ESTA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ECTA, the European Chemical Transport Association, to allow both organisations to work together and jointly lobby for improvements in transport infrastructure and regulation, best practice and safety. The MOU was signed in May at the Transport Logistic exhibition in Munich by ESTA Section Transport Vice President Iffet … Read more
ESTA’s General Assembly – the organisation’s representative ruling body – has backed plans to create a permanent health and safety commission to promote best practice and lobby for legislative improvements on an ongoing basis. Fabio Belli, ESTA President and CEO of Italian heavy transport and lifting specialist Fagioli, said that the group will promote a … Read more