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Europe’s road safety is failing to improve despite a string of measures introduced in recent years. The European Commission has published new data showing that deaths on EU roads fell by just 2% last year. This followed a 1% increase in road deaths during 2015. According to ETSC analysis, road deaths will now need to fall by 11.5%/year in order to meet the EU target of cutting deaths by half in the decade to 2020. Commenting on the publication of the latest figures, Antonio Avenoso, Executive Directo

Terex Trucks is boosting its customer support in Angola with the appointment of Auto Maquinaria. The firm is now the official distributor of the Terex Trucks brand articulated and rigid dump trucks in Angola. Headquartered in its newly-opened facility in the capital Luanda, AMQA will also provide factory-approved parts and other essential aftermarket care services to customers throughout the country in Southern Africa. Pleased with the addition of Terex Trucks’ machines to the company’s portfolio, Adrian

CTE has signed a new distribution agreement in South Africa. The firm has established the dealer agreement with Smith Capital Equipment and is for the CTE B-LIFT and CTE ZED truck-mounted units and for the CTE TRACCESS spiderlifts. Smith Capital Equipment has been active in South Africa for more than 40 years in the lifting sector for aerial platforms and cranes, as well as drilling equipment. Smith Capital Equipment will now distribute the CTE B-LIFT telescopic truck-mounted platforms, with lift heights f

Two of the biggest transport development projects in the Philippines will now benefit from Chinese funding. The projects are for the construction of a new bridge connection joining the Panay-Guimaras-Negros Islands as well as the Davao City Expressway, which will stretch a distance of 23km and provide a link between the Carlos P Garcia National Highway and Bangkal, Panacan and Sta Ana Wharf. The Davao City Expressway project is expected to cost close to US$ 488 million and will be carried out in three stag

A budget worth nearly US$252 million will help pay for bridge design and construction work as well as bridge repair activities in 12 states across Nigeria. The budget has been approved by Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC). Meanwhile $475 million is being budgeted for the engineering and consultancy work required for the Second Niger Bridge that will connect the city of Asaba in Delta State with Onitsha in Anambra State. The new bridge is desperately required as the existing structure is in poor cond

Within years, one in six of UK local roads will need repairs or face closure, according to the latest Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance – ALARM - survey. The cumulative effect of an ageing network, decades of underfunding, increased traffic and wetter winters has led to around 17% of all local roads reportedly in poor structural condition, with less than five years of life remaining. The 22nd annual ALARM survey is a comprehensive study into local road maintenance funding and conditions. Loca

Terex Cranes is appointing Jörg Müller as senior sales manager Middle East. He will be in charge of leading the Terex Cranes Middle East strategy and day to day activities. Müller joins the company from Aurubis Middle East, a company specialised in fiat rolled products, where he was General Manager and senior sales manager. However he does have extensive experience of the crane sector as prior to that he was Middle East sales manager for Liebherr tower cranes. Carsten von der Geest, VP Sales & Service Crane