January 6, 2014
The Brazilian Government looks set to finance work to upgrade key highways in the country. This move comes although the highways were privatised in…
January 6, 2014
A man in the English city of Liverpool is still allowed behind the wheel despite having accumulated 45 licence penalty points on his licence. This…
January 6, 2014
LiuGong Machinery now has a new management team. Wang Xiaohua, will retire from the post of chairman of LiuGong Machinery after having served LiuGong…
January 6, 2014
Italy's motorway tolls have been increase by an average of 3.9% for 2014. The motorway stretches managed by Autostrade per l'Italia, covering 60% of…
January 6, 2014
The Australian state of New South Wales last year saw its lowest number of pedestrian road deaths since annual records began in 1928. There were 42…
January 6, 2014
The first ‘green’ road in the Middle East will reportedly be built in the United Arab Emirates. The construction of the 5km road is scheduled to…
January 6, 2014
Poland is set to get around 1,800kms of new roads by 2020 as part of a continuation of the country’s highways development boom. GDDKiA, the Polish…
January 6, 2014
The World Bank has made available US$160 million of credit for the Rajasthan Road Sector Modernisation Project in west India. Scheduled to finish in…
January 6, 2014
The significance of this year’s Bauma China exhibition in Shanghai has been highlighted by new figures showing that China invested US$220.27 billion…
January 6, 2014
Zoomlion has announced the formal acquisition of dry-mixed mortar equipment manufacturer M-TEC. A spokesperson for Zoomlion said the move for…
December 20, 2013
In Brazil plans are being set out for a new tunnel that would connect the coastal cities of Santos and Guarujá. The project is estimated to cost some…
December 20, 2013
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers sold some US$3.8 billion of equipment at 356 unreserved auctions around the world in 2013. This is a 3% decrease in gross…
December 20, 2013
The Road Workers' Safety Forum (RoWSaF), a cross-industry group led by the Highways Agency and supported by Balfour Beatty and its joint ventures,…
December 19, 2013
Australia’s historic Great Ocean Road looks set to benefit from a major upgrade. This twisty tourist route runs along the coast in the state of…
December 19, 2013
The authorities in Russia and the Ukraine are making plans for a new transport link via the Kerch Strait. At this early stage of the planning process…
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