ESTA News

The European Crane Operators Licence scheme is undergoing its final round of preparations before its trial “pilot” launch in the Spring of 2018..  ESTA Director Tom Klijn presented the latest…

ESTA’s General Assembly in October confirmed the following changes at the top of the organisation: – Stijn Sarens of Sarens becomes ESTA Secretary – Alexandre Vernazza of Mediaco  has taken over…

Next year’s ESTA Users Night and Awards 2018 will take place at the Hilton Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport on: Thursday, April 26, 2018, during the Intermat exhibition. The evening…

ESTA’s Section Transport is planning to create a new technical working group in an attempt to harmonize standards and regulations governing lighting and marking on heavy transport throughout Europe. The…

Poland hosted the 2017 ESTA Autumn Meetings in Krakow on October 19 and 20 – the first time that ESTA has met in Eastern Europe.  Organised by the Polish Heavy…

ESTA is looking for training and examination organisations to take part in a trial pilot project for a new European Crane Operators Licence (ECOL) in February next year.  It is…

Spanish transport authorities have backed down in their attempts to enforce changes in the country’s exceptional transport regulations that discriminated against international hauliers. The move follows a series of complaints…

Søren Jansen is to step down from the post of  ESTA Director at the end of June. ESTA Secretary Ton Klijn will take over until the appointment of a new…

ESTA’s ground-breaking project to establish a European Crane Operator Licence (ECOL) is making good progress.  A meeting of ESTA’s ECOL Working Group on May 15 has agreed a date to…

ESTA is supporting a twin-track approach in an attempt to reduce accidents during the transportation and erection of on-shore wind turbines.  The issue has been raised by ESTA and FEM…