ESTA’s long-running campaign to harmonize international marking and lighting regulations for heavy transport and abnormal loads has received a major boost. The proposals have won the backing of the VDA, the influential German automotive industry association and will now be presented to the UNECE committee responsible for administering international conventions on traffic regulations. The next … Read more
ESTA’s new European Crane Operators Licence looks set to sign a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) with the British Columbia Association for Crane Safety (BCACS) from Canada following a meeting of the ECOL Expert Committee earlier this month. The expert meeting – held electronically due to COVID-19 – agreed to an alignment of standards between ECOL … Read more
ESTA is calling on its members and supporters to encourage the wind industry to adopt its new best practice guide and improve the sector’s safety record. For a limited period, the Best Practice Guide for Transport and Installation of Onshore WTG Systems can be downloaded free of charge from ESTA’s website. The detailed 52-page document is the result … Read more
Crane & Logistics Partner has been certified as the first German-based examination institute for ESTA’s new European Crane Operators Licence (ECOL). The company, based in the town of Rheine in north-west Germany, passed the ECOL audit carried out at the end of March by Lloyd’s Register, the body tasked with overseeing standards. Company founder Marcus … Read more
Netherlands-based crane hire company and Verschoor is the latest company to become an official ESTA Supporter. The announcement means that ESTA now has 22 supporters alongside the organisation’s 29 full and special members and 39 affiliate members.
The ninth meeting of the International Crane Stakeholders Assembly (ICSA) was held during the CONEXPO exhibition in Las Vegas, USA, on Thursday, March 12. It was hosted jointly by the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). ESTA was represented by Ton Klijn, ESTA Director, and Jörg Senn, CEO … Read more
Liebherr has completed the process of becoming an approved European Crane Operators Licence training centre and last month carried out its first three German language ECOL examinations in Ehingen at the Liebherr Schulungszentrum. The company received its ECOL Certificate last month following final approval from Lloyds Register, the body tasked with overseeing standards. The current … Read more
ESTA has published a new best practice guide in an attempt to cut onshore wind farm accidents. For a limited period, the Best Practice Guide for the Transport and Installation of Onshore WTG Systems is available to download free of charge from a section on this website. The Best Practice Guide discussions were lead by ESTA with … Read more
As a result of the COVID19 virus, the ESTA Awards evening will now take place in Amsterdam on Tuesday, October 13, 2020. The venue – the Postillion Hotel – remains unchanged. The Awards were previously due to take place on April 23 and had already been postponed. The ESTA Spring section meetings and general assembly have … Read more
ESTA’s new European Crane Operators Licence is to sign its second Mutual Recognition Agreement with the British Columbia Association for Crane Safety (BCACS) from Canada following a meeting in the Netherlands in February. The agreement means that an ECOL licence and a BCACS licence will be interchangeable and operators holding them will be able to … Read more