New members – an introduction

2024

BC Crane Safety joined ESTA Europe as an Affiliate Member.

BC Crane Safety is the crane operator Certification and Licensing authority for British Columbia, Canada. BC Crane Safety was established in 2005 to provide a certification program for crane operators in British Columbia. We have worked with more than 50 different industries that use cranes to develop a world-class program. We also work with regulators, crane operators, owners, governments and many others.

Our program is competency based. This means that it includes theory and practical testing. Crane operators have to demonstrate what they know and can do safely and professionally, regardless of where or how they learned their skills. This is unique in Canada.


OZNAKLIYAT joined ESTA Europe as an Affiliate Member.

Since 1951, Öznakliyat has been a pioneer in the logistics sector, providing comprehensive warehousing, transport and customs consultancy services. We specialise in heavy haulage, warehouse management, container storage and transport, freight forwarding, multimodal and intermodal transport and customs brokerage.

Öznakliyat has achieved milestones like the first container road transport in Turkey and pioneering heavy lift projects, contributing to iconic infrastructure such as the Istanbul Bridges, Marmaray and Istanbul Airport.


GIANNOKOS joined ESTA Europe as an Affiliate Member.

Founded in 1965 by Alexandros Giannakos, GIANNAKOS is a trusted name in crane hire and exceptional transport services in Greece. Headquartered in Karditsa, we have built a reputation for excellence and reliability in the industry. Whether it’s heavy lifting, exceptional transport or complex logistics, we bring expertise and state-of-the-art equipment to every job. What keeps us going is the commitment to the special demands of all of our customers, offering a completely smooth operation from start to end.


Bechtel joined ESTA Europe as an Affiliate Member.

Bechtel helps customers deliver projects of purpose that create a lasting positive legacy. These projects create jobs and grow economies; improve the resiliency of the world’s infrastructure; connect communities to resources and opportunity; get us closer to net zero; tackle critical environmental challenges; protect people and the planet; and accelerate progress to make the world a cleaner, greener, safer place.


Tenge doo joined ESTA Europe as a Special Member, representing the Serbian heavy transport and lifting industry. Tenge doo was founded with the aim of responding quickly and efficiently to the needs of the customers, both nationally and internationally.

The solutions for industrial machines rental are based on well-developed business practice, professional approach and well-rounded service. A professional mobile workshop, engineers trained according to the manufacturer’s standards provide response to customer calls no later than 24 hours after the call.


Driving Energy Excellence Worldwide

Canadian DyCat Solutions joined ESTA Europe as an Affiliate Member. Dycat helps energy and resource companies worldwide achieve cost certainty and maximize profitability. The DyCat team uses unique expertise to minimize risks and to help clients focus on sustainability targets in a progressively competitive market.


TGO from France joined ESTA Europe as an Affiliate Member. TGO was created in June 2011, when it was granted the concession and became the single operator of the General Cargo and Containers Terminal (TMDC). The concession covers 58 hectares and is valid for 35 years. TGO is located in Montoir de Bretagne, in the Port of Nantes Saint Nazaire, France.

TGO manages all the calls of container vessels in the Port of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire, which represented 155,000 TEUs in 2023. TGO is also in charge of stevedoring general cargo vessels calling at the Port of Montoir-de-Bretagne or Saint-Nazaire. This activity represented a total of 320,000 tons of general cargo in 2023.


With 50 years of industry experience and a dedicated team, Yılnak puts customer satisfaction above all else. Serving prominent brands in Turkey and around the world, Yılnak closely monitors industry requirements and effectively addresses customer challenges with a skilled and efficient service team. The company offers innovative solutions for various transport needs, including heavy haulage, project logistics, rail, sea and air transport.

Yilnak joined ESTA Europe as an Affiliate Member.


2023

Huisman, the leading heavy construction equipment manufacturer, and worldwide supplier of step changing technical solutions, joined ESTA as an Affiliate Member.

With yards and offices worldwide, Huisman provides advanced equipment solutions to the world’s leading companies in the renewable energy, oil and gas, civil engineering, marine and entertainment markets. Its products range from Cranes, Offshore Wind tools, Pipelay and Drilling equipment to specials.


Hoeflon joined ESTA as an affiliate member.

Based in Barneveld in the Netherlands, Hoeflon designs, builds and sells spider cranes variously known as compact cranes, mini-cranes or mini-crawlers.

The company built and delivered its first spider crane in 2006. It has been growing steadily ever since. Today, Hoeflon has a dealer network of almost 25 companies in 20 countries.


Transportes y Grúas Aguado is ESTA’s new Special Member from Spain.

A family company with almost five hundred employees, it was started in 1982, initially working mostly in and around Madrid before expanding in Malaga and Algeciras and later more widely across the whole country with the offices in Soria, Pamplona and Bilbao.

Today, the company works throughout Europe – mainly in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and France – and also in Mexico, Colombia, Perú, Chile and South Africa. It runs a fleet of around 180 cranes along with 60 lines of SPMTs and conventional and special transport equipment plus a heavy load railway wagon.


Matrax joined ESTA as an affiliate member.

Matrax is a specialized dealer within exceptional transport. They offer the right special transport solution for every problem and in every industry.

Matrax is the first and only cooperation partner in the Benelux to market the new vehicles of the German brand Goldhofer. Goldhofer is a global, major player in the field of exceptional transport equipment. But in addition to Goldhofer, Matrax also sells, rents and leases vehicles of other brands within exceptional transport.


ASA France joined ESTA as an affiliate member.

ASA France are project cargo and resource management experts. By implementing aeronautical principles into other industries, ASA aims to reduce inefficiency from processes, enhance performance and build sustainable relationships.


Greiner Heavy Engineering joined ESTA as an affiliate member.

German heavy engineering company Greiner was formed in 1980 and has two plants in Neuenstein in northern Württemberg. The company develops, designs, and produces custom-built transport, assembly, and special-purpose systems, using state-of-the-art design technology and production methods, working with customers world-wide.