The Transport Section of the Confederation of Danish Industry (ATL/DI), based in Copenhagen, has become an Ordinary Member. The total of Ordinary Members now stands at 21 following the decision of two Turkish associations AKT and AND to join ESTA earlier this year. DTL Kran Blok Erfa, part of the Danish Transport and Logistics Association, … Read more
The development of the new European Crane Operators Licence took a major step forward this week with the news that the ECOL Foundation has signed a Mutual Recognition Agreement with the Dutch TCVT-RA, the organisation responsible for issuing crane operators’ licences in the Netherlands. The agreement will come into effect from January 1st 2020 and … Read more
Olaf Beckedorf, Chairman of the Board of German company BigMove, has been unanimously elected to the ESTA Board. BigMove is a Europe-wide network of heavy-duty logistics companies and is a member of ESTA’s German member association BSK. Beckedorf replaces Robert Markewitsch of Gebr. Markewitsch, who is retiring.
Entry forms and full details for ESTA’s 2020 Users’ Night and Awards – organized in conjunction with International Cranes and Specialized Transport magazine – are now available on the ESTA website. Entries can be made English, French, German, Italian and Spanish and the closing date is January 17th, 2020. The awards dinner will take place … Read more
ESTA Section Transport Vice President Iffet Türken has launched an impassioned plea for the continent’s regulators, road authorities and heavy transport companies to work together to make the industry safer and more efficient. Türken – a board member of trailer manufacturer Kässbohrer – was speaking in Amsterdam at the recent World Crane and Transport Summit. … Read more
Klaus Meissner – director of engineering systems, product safety and IPM for Demag Mobile Cranes – has joined the Supervisory Board of the European Crane Operators Licence scheme. He took the position following the resignation of Steve Filipov who stepped down in the wake of the Tadano acquisition of Demag from Terex. Meissner is … Read more
A report on crane hardstands for the installation of onshore wind turbines has been publishd by the Dutch organization STOWA with the support of ESTA member VVT. The report is intended for all involved in the onshore wind industry – from designers, engineers, insurers and regulators to equipment suppliers, contractors and subcontractors. The authors explained: … Read more
Discussions on the urgent need for closer European cooperation and harmonization – whether in safety, permitting regulations or skills certification -dominated proceedings at ESTA’s recent autumn meeting in Piacenza, Italy. Further details of the issues raised – both in the crane and transport section meetings and also in the members’ only General Assembly – can … Read more
Next month’s World Crane and Transport Summit in Amsterdam includes a strong input from ESTA with debates on the new European Crane Operators Licence, the ground-breaking wind industry best practice guide and our ongoing attempts to harmonize regulations for heavy transport and abnormal loads. The conference – the seventh – takes place on November 13 … Read more
The final touches are now being put to ESTA’s new best practice guide for the safe transport and erection of onshore wind turbines. Following a series of recent accidents involving manually steered trailers, the working group has decided to include several late amendments. They include recommendations that a steersman must not be allowed to multi-task … Read more