Call for European safe parking area plans to be amended
ESTA is calling on the European Commission to amend its plans for a network of Safe and Secure Truck Parking Areas (SSTPAs) to include abnormal transports and take account of…
Frustration in Italy at illogical and inefficient regulations
Companies in Italy are complaining that illogical and excessive bureaucracy is seriously hindering the heavy transport and lifting sector, pushing up costs and causing projects to be delayed unnecessarily. ESTA’s…
David Collett reflects on nine years as ESTA President and considers what the future might hold.
Let me start by saying that serving as ESTA President for three terms – for a total of nine years and the maximum allowed under our rules – was a…
ESTA 2022 Autumn Meeting – October 13th – 14th, Finland
Meeting location: SCANDIC GRAND MARINA Katajanokanlaituri 7, 00160 Helsinki, Finland Thursday October 13th, 2022Section Meeting Cranes and Section Meeting Transport | simultaneously held 13:00 – 15:30[For ESTA Ordinary Members, Special Members, Affiliated…
ESTA and manufacturers say parts of new EU machinery regs are “completely unworkable”
Crane and access platform manufacturers – plus ESTA and European rental companies – have reacted with disbelief to a clause in the draft new European Machinery Regulations that requires all…
Important transport training session on new rules and operation of ERRU
The European Labour Authority (ELA) has announced it will organise a sector-specific online training session on road transport on November 14 from 9.30-12.30 CET. This training session will be dedicated…
ESTA Newsflash : ELA information on rules for posting of drivers
The European Labour Authority (ELA) has published two information leaflets for drivers and operators in the road transport sector on the “posting of drivers” and “driving and rest time rules”….
New guidance from the ICSA aims to raise safety standards
ICSA – the International Crane Stakeholders Assembly – has published two new detailed, free guidance documents on the use of mobile cranes. The first – ICSA 005 – is the…
ESTA lobbies Norway’s crane companies for ECOL support
Norway’s crane association – Kranutleiernes Landsforening – heard a detailed explanation of ESTA’s European Crane Operators Licence project from ESTA Director Ton Klijn at its recent annual meeting held in…
Top European companies back ESTA’s SPMT training plans
Eleven leading European companies have said they will join ESTA’s discussions about how to create a Europe-wide system of training for SPMT operators. Concern has been growing in the industry…