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
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
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
ESTA has lined up four expert speakers to address its meetings in the Netherlands on April 20 in the run-up to the awards dinner that evening. Twice a year, ESTA holds meetings of its crane and transport section members, along with a joint meeting for issues that are of significance to both. The meetings are … Read more
The finalists for the ESTA Awards 2023 have been announced by the independent jury. The winners will be revealed at the special awards dinner on April 20 at the Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin, Noordwijk, near Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This year’s finalists come from 11 different countries and are as follows: Telescopic Cranes lifting capacity … Read more
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
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