ESTA launches internship scheme

ESTA has announced details of a special internship scheme that will allow all ESTA member companies – that is full and special members, supporters and affiliates – to send a young employee with management potential to ESTA or a member association for an agreed period of time. The intern will be given a research assignment … Read more

Leading crane expert Klaus Meissner joins ESTA’s management team.

One of Europe’s leading crane industry experts, Klaus Meissner, has joined the ESTA management team, supporting the work of the organisation’s crane section. Meissner started work for ESTA in April and will hold the title Subject Matter Expert Cranes. A graduate in mechanical engineering, he has worked for more than 30 years in the mobile … Read more

Denmark starts debate about ECOL-style common EMS licence

Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) and the Danish Transport Training Board (TUR) have asked ESTA to investigate the possibility of creating a common European licencing system for drivers of European Modular System (EMS) type 1 vehicles. Supporters believe that creating a common licence similar to ESTA’s European Crane Operators Licence (ECOL) would raise standards, increase … Read more

Crane group investigating risk management guidelines

A new ESTA crane risk management working group is planning to produce new guidelines to help companies assess the risks involved in different types of work and give them advice on how to protect themselves using properly drafted terms and conditions. The work will especially be aimed at smaller companies but is also expected to … Read more

New version of European Machinery Regulations published

The latest version of the controversial new European Machinery Regulations has been published by the Council of the European Union and will now be considered by the European Parliament. The document includes a clause that ‘where relevant’ requires all mobile machinery to be designed to prevent contact with overhead power lines or where the risk … Read more

UFL warns of safe load monitoring equipment thefts

Crane companies in France are being warned of a growing spate of thefts of a wide range of safe load monitoring equipment. The warning has been made by French crane association UFL – the Union Française du Levage – who said that the sharp increase in thefts is country-wide and affecting both urban and rural … Read more