The Bechtel Enka joint venture partnership has completed the first 20km section of the Kosovo Route 6 highway which links Pristina with Macedonia.
This is the first third of the 60km highway that will connect Kosovo’s capital, Pristina with neighbouring Macedonia. The new section was opened recetnly at a ceremony attended by Kosovo President Hashin Thaci and other government officials including the Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, Head of Parliament Kadri Veseli, and Minister of Transport Lutfi Zharku
Wonder what the market for lifting equipment will be in 2016? You need only look at 2015 for an answer.
“Globally, we expect the market to be close to 2015, with some differences in individual markets,” said Alexandre Saubot, chief operating offer at Haulotte Group.
Last year was the first time sales exceeded 2007 numbers, so a repeat of 2015 would be welcome in the industry. “It’s a good sign,” Saubot said.
Looking ahead, Saubot said sales in Europe should be steady and perhaps a bit higher in 201
Road infrastructure has a core role to play in improving road safety and accident statistics often understate this. Marco Mongiello reports Everybody agrees that road safety is a very important issue. In 2006 in the European Union (EU 25) there were 38,400 casualties and 1,700,000 road injuries, with a total cost of E160 billion. For most people there are no doubts: the driver's behaviour is to blame. However, "road infrastructure has a core role to play in improving road safety and this has been recognised
Two TRA Visions Competitions are being launched to attract interest from transport researchers. TRA Visions 2018 invites young and senior researchers from all over Europe to submit innovative transport concepts to www.travisions.eu, which was launched last 20th December 2016. The two European-funded TRA Visions 2018 competitions - one for young researchers and the second for senior researchers - have now commenced. Young and senior researchers throughout Europe are invited to submit innovative concepts on f
