ESTA Awards 2025 – finalists announced
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,…
Profile: Introducing Miguel Florez de la Colina, ESTA Policy Officer
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…
Manufacturers back ESTA’s winch gearbox maintenance reforms
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…
Political uncertainty slows EU’s heavy transport reforms
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…
ESTA’s plans for European MHST operators’ licence take shape
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…
New call for Brussels to act on safe parking measures
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…
Spanish expert to fill ESTA’s newly created post of Policy Officer
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…
New board members for ESTA
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…
Heavy transport reforms backed by Germany’s Federal Cabinet
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….
European heavy transport and driving reforms move a step closer
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…