EUROPE Ӏ ESTA
j electric arc with an energised
overhead power line to the persons operating machinery incurred by the contact cannot be fully avoided, mobile machinery or related product shall be designed and constructed so as to prevent any electrical hazards in the event of contact with an energised power line.” But neither remote control of mobile cranes, their isolation, nor grounding of the equipment as a whole can prevent all hazards when contacting electrical power lines or arcing and using the cabin as shelter would require blocking the doors in case of contact to power lines or arcing, which in itself bears the risk that persons could not leave the cabin in case of subsequent fire. Separately, we have also
been voicing our concerns to the German government over their policy for heavy transports to be carried by rail and water - a policy that may be good in theory but is completely impractical and will raises costs substantially - along with its controversial reform of its VEMAGS permit system. VEMAGS is the German online
system for the application and approval for oversized and heavy transports in all 16 federal states. Our members and their clients say the new rules are leading to increased costs, unnecessary bureaucracy and greater delays. We and other organisations have requested changes and are currently awaiting a response from the authorities. When ESTA's members identify a major issue of concern, the association often forms special working groups to analyse the problem in depth and if appropriate produce a new Best Practice Guide. These groups are a great
example of the value of ESTA's work - people from inside the industry, who understand it well,
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ESTA’s well
received Best Practice Guide for transport and installation of onshore WTG systems, and another on SPMTs, are being expanded and updated.
coming together to shed light on, and hopefully solve, a problem for the benefit of everyone. In recent times, this process has
produced two well-received best practice guides, one on SPMTs and the other on the safe transport and installation of onshore wind turbines. Both guides are now in the process of being expanded and updated. But by far the biggest and most
ambition project undertaken by ESTA to date has been the creation of the European Crane Operators Licence. The story began nine years
ago, in 2013, when ESTA took the initiative to investigate whether and how a European craft proficiency certificate for crane operators could be established. The problem was the huge variation in standards of
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