STOP PRESS: ESTA Awards 2021 finalists announced
The list of finalists for the ESTA Awards 2021 has been released. Further details of the projects, companies and products will be published shortly. The winners will be announced during…
ESTA concerned at introduction of ERRU register
ESTA is “extremely concerned” at the impact on the heavy and abnormal transport sector of the new sanctions register for transport violations which will come into effect on April 1….
ECOL in talks over rigger training
ESTA’s European Crane Operator Licence is in talks about the possibility of developing a rigger training scheme to run alongside its increasingly popular operator training courses. The move was revealed…
UK delays implementing post-Brexit transport rules
On March 11, the UK Government announced substantial delays to the timetable for the implementation of new post-Brexit requirements for the transport industry covering customs, sanitary and phytosanitary rules. In…
Tadano’s Ennen confirmed as keynote for ESTA’s Awards and Market Update event
Jens Ennen, CEO at Tadano Faun and Tadano Demag in Germany, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for the online ESTA Awards and Market Update taking place on 22…
ICSA best practice guides nearing completion
Two new best practice guides for the crane industry have moved a step closer to publication after the latest meeting of the International Crane Stakeholders Assembly (ICSA) which took place…
Sarens runs its first ECOL training course
Sarens – the Belgium-based international heavy lift and transportation company – has run its first training course for the European Crane Operators Licence just weeks after becoming the latest organisation…
Wind safety report take-up too slow, says ESTA
ESTA is pushing for the onshore wind industry to rapidly adopt the measures in the Best Practice Guide for the Transport and Installation of Onshore WTG Systems following a recent…
ESTA asks members for more information on Germany’s VEMAGS permit reforms
ESTA is asking members to get in touch with detailed examples of how new changes to Germany’s VEMAGS permit system for heavy transport and abnormal loads are working in practice…
EU exempts transport workers and service providers from testing and quarantine regs
European transport workers and transport service providers should be exempted from COVID19 testing and quarantine obligations following a European Council decision on Monday, February 1 aimed at minimising disruption to…