The finalists of the 2025 ESTA Awards have been announced and they include projects and companies from 12 different countries. Of the 34 finalists, Hareket from Turkey claimed three slots, as did Sarens from Belgium and Mammoet Europe from the Netherlands. Two companies were double finalists – Collett & Sons from the UK and Dutch … Read more
Miguel Florez de la Colina, ESTA’s new policy officer who starts work for us this week, has international construction – and related industries – in his blood. Many of Miguel’s mother’s family were architects – from his great grandfather onwards – and his father was a senior director and project manager for Dragados, one of … Read more
European mobile crane manufacturers have given their unqualified backing to ESTA’s call for changes in the way that mobile crane winch gearboxes are maintained. ESTA had previously appealed to its members to reconsider their approach following publication of the first edition of the association’s new guide on the subject last year. Supporters of the guide … Read more
Political uncertainty in Germany and France is delaying the final round of discussions about reforms to the EU’s Weights and Dimensions Directive (96/53) – changes that are crucial to the long-term health of Europe’s heavy and abnormal transport sector. ESTA and other supporters had hoped that the reforms would receive final approval during the current … Read more
ESTA’s plans to develop a transport operators’ licence for Modular Hydraulically Suspended Trailers – including SPMTs – have received a further boost following the latest in-person meeting of its European Transport Operators Licence (ETOL) working group in Amsterdam earlier this month. Training structure The current round of discussions set out the scheme’s required learning outcomes, … Read more
ESTA and the European parking organisation ESPORG have embarked on a new round of discussions with the European Commission in an attempt to expand the provision of safe and secure truck parking areas – with special emphasis on those for abnormal and heavy transports. An ESTA Position Paper on the subject has been sent to … Read more
ESTA has appointed leading Spanish heavy lift and abnormal transport expert Miguel Florez de la Colina to the newly created position of Policy Officer as the organisation gears up for the next stage in its development. Currently the head of Madrid-based Siladen Solutions, Miguel Florez de la Colina previously worked for Mammoet for over 15 … Read more
ESTA’s ruling General Assembly has unanimously agreed two new board members as the organisation prepares for the next stage in its development and future challenges. Alessio Scollo, Sales Director of SIMI Trasporti from Italy, has been elected as the new Section Transport Vice President, working alongside Section Transport President Iffet Türken. Scollo, who previously worked … Read more
Important changes to the over-complex regulations governing heavy and abnormal transport in Germany – and moves to speed up permit approvals – have been approved by the country’s Federal Cabinet. The changes have been long called for by German industry leaders through the lobby group Verbändeinitiative Großraum und Schwertransporte (VI GST) whose founding members include … Read more
Crucial Europe-wide revisions of the rules and regulations governing the heavy transport sector – along with new driving licence regulations – have moved another step closer following the latest round of meetings and announcements in Brussels. On November 4, Greek politician Apostolos Tzitzikostas received a green light from the Transport and Tourism (TRAN) Committee to … Read more