CPA Bulletin

www.cpa.uk.net CPA Bulletin > February 2023 37 ESTA: 2 The International Crane Stakeholders Assembly has agreed to develop a new lifting plan guidance document. The issue was proposed by the Crane Industry Council of Australia (CICA) and discussed at the latest ICSAmeeting held in Munich during the Bauma exhibition in October. The ICSA has published a series of technical reports that are available for free download from the library section of the ESTA website at www.estaeurope.eu or from the ICSA at https://icsa-crane.org . The two most recent are ‘Working with Land-based Mobile Cranes on Floating Vessels’ and Using Mobile Cranes with Freely Suspended Equipment for Pile Driving/Extraction”. ESTA was represented at the Munich meeting by ESTA Director Ton Klijn and President Fabio Belli, the CEO of Italian heavy lifting and transport company Fagioli. The ICSA is a global organisation dedicated to improving safety and promoting the harmonization of international standards. It currently has seven active members. Apart from ESTA, they are: Association of Equipment Manufacturers [AEM]; Crane Industry Council of Australia [CICA]; Crane Rental Association of Canada (CRAC); European Federation of Material Handling [FEM]; Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association [SC&RA]; Japan Crane Association [JCA]. ICSA Proposes Lifting Plan Guidance Document Come to the ESTA Awards The ESTA Awards 2023 will take place in person on 20th April at the Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin in Noordwijk aan Zee near Amsterdam in the Netherlands, just a short hop across the North Sea. More information about tickets is on the ESTA website at www.estaeurope.eu . There are also still a few sponsorship slots available for any company wanting to promote themselves to a European audience of senior executives and managers in the crane and heavy lifting industry. ESTA Annual Review Available for Free Download If you want to find out more about ESTA’s work, the 2022 annual review is available for free download from the library of ESTA’s website at www.estaeurope.eu. ESTA, the European association for the mobile crane and abnormal road transport industry, represents national trade associations at a European level, primarily focussing on safety, harmonized international standards and regulations. German manufacturer Goldhofer is the latest company to join ESTA’s expert working group tasked with revising and expanding its SPMT best practice guide. The group has decided to publish the results of its work as guidance rather than trying establish a new CEN or ISO normwhich could take as long as five years. Concern has been growing in the industry at the lack of recognised training qualifications and the need to improve safety standards as the SPMT market grows. The expanded best practice guide will have three elements and include stability, equipment and operational guidelines Apart from Goldhofer, eleven other leading European companies have said they will join ESTA’s discussions. They come from eight different countries, reflecting the widespread concern about SPMT standards across Europe. They are Collett, Cometto, DNV, Fagioli, Mammoet, Sarens, Siemens Gamesa, Technip Energies, Terra Navtica, Tii Group and Wagenborg. The first edition of the guide, published in 2016, was originally intended to help address the problem of trailers occasionally tipping over, even though the existing operating rules and stability calculations had been followed. It is still available for free download from the Library of ESTA’s website in English, French, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish. Goldhofer Joins ESTA’s SPMT Working Group