European Commission officials and the French authorities are in talks over the country’s controversial introduction of rules on “blind spot” safety stickers for road transport. The new rules – which made such stickers mandatory for all lorries travelling on French roads – came into force on January 1, although international vehicles were given until April … Read more
The list of finalists for the ESTA Awards 2021 has been released. Further details of the projects, companies and products will be published shortly. The winners will be announced during the free online ESTA Awards and Market Update event on April 22. To see the shortlist, go to the awards section of this website here To … Read more
ESTA is “extremely concerned” at the impact on the heavy and abnormal transport sector of the new sanctions register for transport violations which will come into effect on April 1. The ERRU register – the European Register of Road Transport Undertakings – contains Europe-wide records of violations of transport legislation and includes a penalty points … Read more
ESTA’s European Crane Operator Licence is in talks about the possibility of developing a rigger training scheme to run alongside its increasingly popular operator training courses. The move was revealed at last week’s online ECOL Participants meeting and followed discussions at the most recent meeting of the ECOL Supervisory Board. The Board gave the go-ahead … Read more
On March 11, the UK Government announced substantial delays to the timetable for the implementation of new post-Brexit requirements for the transport industry covering customs, sanitary and phytosanitary rules. In response, the IRU said: “The delays in the UK implementation timetable provide extra time to prepare the transport operators for the next steps…IRU will undertake … Read more
Jens Ennen, CEO at Tadano Faun and Tadano Demag in Germany, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for the online ESTA Awards and Market Update taking place on 22 April. Ennen will give an overview of the crane market worldwide and address the post-Covid market landscape. He joins two other senior industry speakers on … Read more
Two new best practice guides for the crane industry have moved a step closer to publication after the latest meeting of the International Crane Stakeholders Assembly (ICSA) which took place online in February. Final touches are being put to the long-awaited best practice guide on the safe use of mobile cranes on barges and work … Read more
Sarens – the Belgium-based international heavy lift and transportation company – has run its first training course for the European Crane Operators Licence just weeks after becoming the latest organisation to complete the process of becoming an approved ECOL training centre. The company’s training centre in Wolvertem, Belgium, received its ECOL Certificate at the end … Read more
ESTA is pushing for the onshore wind industry to rapidly adopt the measures in the Best Practice Guide for the Transport and Installation of Onshore WTG Systems following a recent crane accident in Sweden. The guide – which is available as a free download from the ESTA Website here, was published last year but ESTA … Read more
ESTA is asking members to get in touch with detailed examples of how new changes to Germany’s VEMAGS permit system for heavy transport and abnormal loads are working in practice with a view to raising concerns with the European Commission. Non-German transport companies fear that the changes will place them at a commercial disadvantage against … Read more