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India Puts a 24/7 Rescue Post — and a Mobile Crane Rated for a 30-Tonne Truck — Into Every New National Highway Contract
India's Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued a new Model EPC Agreement that obliges contractors on national-highway projects to run a round-the-clock vehicle rescue post with at least one mobile crane capable of lifting a 30,000 kg truck, and to pay penalties of up to ₹50 lakh (roughly US$60,000) per fatality when repeat crashes are traced back to defects they failed to fix.
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Sri Lanka Seeks Bids for 1,435 New Government Vehicles, Including 160 Tippers and 100 Gully Emptiers
Sri Lanka's Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has opened four National Competitive Bidding tenders for 1,435 brand-new vehicles and machinery — 1,000 double cabs, 175 tractors, 160 tippers and 100 gully emptiers — with bids closing between 20 and 22 October 2026 and participation restricted to authorised local agents nominated by the manufacturers.
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Uzbekistan Waives Land and Property Taxes for Logistics Centres Until 2040 and Opens Duty-Free Component Imports for Truck and Bus Makers
A presidential decree dated 12 October 2026 exempts Uzbekistan's transport and logistics centres from land and property tax until 2040 and clears customs duty and certification exemptions on imported warehouse equipment and handling machinery until 1 August 2029. Manufacturers of category M2, M3 and N vehicles — the classes that cover buses and goods vehicles — may import components not produced in Uzbekistan duty-free until 31 December 2027.
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Delhi Moves to Nearly Double Its Mechanised Road-Sweeping Fleet With 70 New Machines
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has awarded a contract for 70 mechanical road-sweeping machines (MRSMs) that would almost double the Indian capital's mechanised street-cleaning capacity — 55 of them battery-electric and 15 running on compressed natural gas (CNG). Deployment is targeted from mid-November 2026, ahead of the winter pollution season, but delivery scheduling has already slipped, prompting a back-up tender to hire 40 additional sweepers for four months.
Read the briefing →Dubai Enforces New Truck Movement Restrictions From 1 October 2026
From 1 October 2026 the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and Dubai Police enforce new truck movement restrictions across Dubai's road network, classifying roads by restriction tier to ease congestion and improve road safety while keeping freight moving.
Read the briefing →First Henan Cold-Chain Block Train Carrying Processed Meat Departs for ASEAN (Laos)
On 29 September 2026 a refrigerated block train left Zhengzhou International Land Port for Vientiane, Laos, carrying frozen meat and bacon under full-temperature, traceable cold chain — Henan's first shipment of deep-processed meat products to the ASEAN market.
Read the briefing →GSO Issues MY2028-D3 Vehicle Rulebook; Saudi Adds Six New Safety Requirements
In September 2026 the Gulf Standardization Organization published the MY2028-D3 motor-vehicle technical regulation list, its first annual update since MY2027-D4. Saudi Arabia alone adds six new national requirements, including side-pole impact, ESC and repair-information access.
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Vietnam and Kazakhstan Tighten Import Rules for Commercial Vehicles
Vietnam and Kazakhstan both raised emission and vehicle-age requirements for imported commercial vehicles in 2026, according to industry reporting on China's special purpose vehicle export trade - a change that raises the compliance bar for trucks entering both markets.
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Gulf Cold-Chain Investment Lifts Refrigerated Truck Demand in 2026
Cold-chain infrastructure investment across the Gulf states keeps expanding in 2026: regional analysis points to more than 25% year-on-year growth in Middle East refrigerated transport equipment procurement, supported by Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 programmes and the UAE's national food security strategy.
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Construction Starts on ADB-Funded 92 km Uzbekistan Highway
Construction began on 18 September 2026 on a 92-kilometre section of the A380 highway in Uzbekistan's Karakalpakstan region, financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The works form part of the CAREC Corridor 2 programme and carry a project value of US$233 million.
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Kazakhstan Invites Bids for 134 km IsDB-Backed Highway
Kazakhstan's national road company QazAvtoJol has opened international bidding for the reconstruction and upgrading of a 134.24-kilometre section of the Kyzylorda–Saksaulsk highway, backed by a EUR 376.05 million Islamic Development Bank facility. The financing is extended on a forward-lease basis under a sovereign guarantee and covers the section running from km 327.78 to km 462.03 of the corridor.
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World Bank Approves US$667m in Vietnam Connectivity Projects
The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved three operations in Vietnam worth a combined US$666.74 million in loans from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, covering a new stretch of Ring Road 3 in Hai Phong, 251 kilometres of highway rehabilitation in the Mekong Delta, and the modernisation of nine fishing ports.
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