ESTA News

ESTA is calling on its members to encourage their own health and safety experts to support the expanding work of the association’s HSE Commission as it campaigns for the harmonization…

ESTA is calling on authorities around Europe to adopt standardised electronic permitting, route and driver support systems as a way to both improve safety and efficiency in the heavy transport…

ESTA is optimistic that new regulations to harmonize marking and lighting on heavy transport will be contained in the EU’s revised Weights and Dimensions Directive (96/53) that is currently being…

ESTA has agreed to make its new guide on mobile crane winch gearbox maintenance freely available to any interested organisation as part of its ongoing push to improve safety standards….

Transport authorities in Germany have accepted the country-wide use of ERNA, the Efficient Road Navigation Assistant developed by ESTA member Sommer. ESTA has long been arguing for the Europe-wide acceptance…

Terminal du Grand Ouest (TGO) from France has joined ESTA as an Affiliate Member. TGO was created in June 2011 and manages all the calls of container vessels in the…

ESTA is appealing to members to reconsider their approach to mobile crane winch gearbox maintenance following publication of the first edition of the association’s new guide which is now available…

ESTA has welcomed the German authorities moves to consult industry associations and their members on a package of new proposed heavy transport permit regulations – but has called on the…

German authorities should take a more “common sense” approach to punishing transport operators whose loads are marginally undersized, according to ESTA. Current regulations allow for a 5 per cent variation…

ESTA members are being asked for nominations for the position of Vice President of the Section Transport to replace current postholder André Friderici who is stepping down. Friderici – technical…