Liebherr to become ECOL-approved training centre
Leading equipment manufacturer Liebherr has agreed to become an approved training centre for ESTA’s planned European Crane Operators Licence (ECOL) after talks between the two organisations in August. The decision…
ESTA “cautiously optimistic” on crane rental workload prospects after latest forecasts
ESTA is “cautiously optimistic” about workload prospects in the European crane rental sector as public finances continue to improve after the 2008 crash. Serious concerns remain about the impact of…
ESTA to increase standards work
ESTA is planning to increase its involvement in the on-going work of developing European standards for mobile cranes. ESTA Director Ton Klijn has been appointed to the lifting appliances committee…
Low crane rental rates risk long-term harm
Current low crane rental rates in Europe are unsustainable and risk doing the industry and its clients long term damage by limiting investment in technology and skills, ESTA Director Ton…
ESTA to relaunch SERT campaign
ESTA Director Ton Klijn is to start lobbying European national governments in a fresh attempt to persuade them to adopt the European Best Practice Guidelines for Abnormal Road Transport, first…
New wind turbine guidelines by end of year
New best practice guidelines for the safe transportation and erection of onshore wind turbines could be published before the end of the year, according to ESTA, the European association for…
Bulgaria’s NSPIT joins ESTA
Bulgaria’s heavy transport association has joined ESTA as our expansion in Eastern Europe continues. NSPIT – the Bulgarian Association for the Transportation of Oversized Cargoes – was formed three years…
Pressure grows for heavy transport corridors
Pressure is growing on the European Union and national transport authorities to agree heavy transport corridors throughout Europe in the wake of increasing concern about deteriorating infrastructure and unnecessary bureaucracy….
First ECOL trials completed successfully
The first trial of the new European Crane Operators Licence scheme has been successfully completed at Mammoet’s training centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Four crane operators were processed through the…
Call for training bodies to obtain ECOL validation
ESTA Director Ton Klijn is calling on European training organisations to send in their training schemes so that they can be validated against ECOL standards. “The idea is to compare…