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The European Commission has given its approval for Caterpillar's acquisition of MWM Holding from 3i and funds managed by 3i. This deal will boost Caterpillar's power generation offering as MWM is a leading global supplier of sustainable, natural gas and alternative-fuel engines. "We are pleased with this decision from the EC," said Caterpillar chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman.

The US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has awarded Delcan a contract to build a flexible, scalable and adaptable framework structure for Traffic Incident Management (TIM). Delcan is collaborating with SAIC on this effort.TIM is the practice of implementing a coordinated multi-disciplinary effort to swiftly clear traffic incidents off of roadways for increased public safety, more efficient mobility and reduce negative emission impacts on the environment.

The US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has awarded Delcan a contract to build a flexible, scalable and adaptable framework structure for Traffic Incident Management (TIM). Delcan is collaborating with SAIC on this effort.TIM is the practice of implementing a coordinated multi-disciplinary effort to swiftly clear traffic incidents off of roadways for increased public safety, more efficient mobility and reduce negative emission impacts on the environment.

Safety amongst company vehicle drivers is under the spotlight in the UK following a series of serious accidents. Research undertaken by the UK's Department of Transport into unlicensed driving has found that the time spent by unlicensed drivers on the road is a significant menace to road users. Companies have a Duty of Care to check employee's driver's licences at least every 12 months under the Health and Safety Act.

London's Metropolitan Police Motorcycle Tasking Team is now carrying out a trial of the electric Zero Motorcycle. The Metropolitan police will test the Zero DS (Dual Sport) electric motorcycle and this will be used at its roadside tasking sites, educating on and enforcing correct road behaviour.

Malaysia has set aside a budget worth nearly US$310 to develop five regional corridors in the country. The projects include the construction of a coastal highway linking Nusa Jaya and Johor Baru. Malaysia's Government would also set aside $31.2 billion in all for a series of major infrastructure projects under its Second Rolling Plan (RP2) in 2012 and 2013.

Indonesia will be the partner country of bauma 2013. A memorandum of understanding outlining Indonesia’s role as partner country for the Munich, Germany-based construction trade show was signed at last week’s Conbuild Mining Indonesia event by Djoko Kirmanto, minister of public works of the Republic of Indonesia; Klaus Dittrich, chairman and chief executive of Messe München International; and Walter Hess, the VDMA (Verband Deutscher Maschinen-und Anlagenbau) special envoy for Indonesia. The VDMA trade assoc

Better connected transport will drive economic growth and better protect the environment, according to the Transport Outlook 2012 report on mobility trends produced by the International Transport Forum at the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). The new influential report was launched by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría during the Annual Summit of Transport Ministers held in Leipzig, Germany. “Transport and technology form the backbone of global trade,” said Gurría at the summ

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has awarded a US$151.70million contract to HCC Concessions to expand the NH-8's Vadodara-Surat section into six lanes. The contract, for a 12-year concession period, includes 30 months to construct the new six-lane section. The toll-based project also includes the development of an extra-dosed bridge with four lanes across Gujarat's Narmada River.

The I-95 Corridor Coalition, the University of Maryland and Inrix have announced a three-year extension and expansion of the I-95 Coalition Vehicle Probe Project (VPP), operational since 2008, that uses crowd-sourced traffic data and advanced analytics techniques to turn billions of data points into insights that are transforming the manner in which member states build, manage and measure their road networks.