Italian company Fagioli and Netherlands-based Mammoet Europe both took home two of the top prizes in this year’s delayed ESTA Awards. Click here for the full list of winners and finalists. The awards – and the accompanying webinar – were run online for the first time due to the COVID19 pandemic and attracted more than 400 registered delegates. The event was jointly … Read more
European transport companies will have to deal with new rules for driving and rest times, cabotage, secondment and the introduction of the smart tachograph 2 after the European Parliament approved a new range of Mobility Package proposals on July 9. The new regulations for driving and rest times will take effect first, in September this … Read more
ESTA Director Ton Klijn has written to Wind Harmony – the project funded by the European Commission with the aim of improving safety in the fast-growing wind industry – to call for greater emphasis on lifting and transportation safety during the construction of onshore wind farms. The organisations behind the Wind Harmony project held an … Read more
Otto Rettenmaier, German entrepreneur and founder of the Transporter Industry International Group (TII), passed away on July 23, 2020, just a few days before his 94th birthday. Rettenmaier was born in 1926 in the Swabian town of Holzmühle. After studying business administration at the Technical University of Stuttgart, he joined his parents’ company, Faserstoffwerke J. … Read more
Crane operators holding a European Crane Operators Licence (ECOL) will be able to work in British Columbia, Canada – and vice versa – without undertaking additional training following the conclusion of a ground-breaking agreement last week. ESTA’s ECOL scheme has signed a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) with the British Columbia Association for Crane Safety (BCACS). … Read more
ESTA and Dutch member TLN have written a joint letter to the German authorities raising serious concerns about changes to the VEMAGS permit issuing system that were introduced at the end of June. ESTA and TLN fear that the changes will raise costs, make the system more complex and bureaucratic and discriminate unfairly against foreign … Read more
Klaus Meissner, one of Europe’s most respected crane industry experts, has confirmed that he has stepped down from his position with Tadano. Meissner was Director of Product Safety, Engineering Systems and IPM for Demag Mobile Cranes, part of Terex Cranes until the latter was sold to Tadano last August. Announcing his move, Meissner wrote: “Effective … Read more
ESTA’s 2021 awards evening will be held on April 22 at the Hilton Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, during the Intermat exhibition. The 2021 autumn meeting will be hosted in Finland by ESTA member INFRA on Octiober 14 and 15. The meeting in Finland was originally due to be held this year, but was postponed … Read more
Jens Enggaard, CEO of Danish international crane company BMS, has been appointed Vice President of ESTA’s Section Cranes. Enggaard already hold the post of ESTA Treasurer and will fulfil both roles for the remainder of his term. He was asked to do both as the ESTA Board had reached its maximum number of members under … Read more
Permitting procedures for Abnormal Transport in Germany to change The German Permitting system VEMAGS® has announced changes to their Abnormal Transport permit application and issuing procedures and subsequent changes to the VEMAGS® website. These changes will come into effect as of June 20th 2020. An English translation of the latest information published on these changes … Read more