{"id":27939,"date":"2025-06-17T14:18:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T08:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/navata.com\/cms\/?p=27939"},"modified":"2025-06-17T14:18:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T08:48:59","slug":"indias-aging-truck-fleet-may-drive-freight-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navata.com\/cms\/blog\/indias-aging-truck-fleet-may-drive-freight-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s Aging Truck Fleet May Drive Freight Costs Up 2\u20138%"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"27939\" class=\"elementor elementor-27939\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4089e481 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4089e481\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navata.com\/cms\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NRT-79.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-27968\" alt=\"India&#039;s Aging Truck Fleet May Drive Freight Costs\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.navata.com\/cms\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NRT-79.webp 1920w, https:\/\/www.navata.com\/cms\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NRT-79-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.navata.com\/cms\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NRT-79-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.navata.com\/cms\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NRT-79-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.navata.com\/cms\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NRT-79-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.navata.com\/cms\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NRT-79-800x450.webp 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42ad40a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"42ad40a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">India's Aging Truck Fleet May Drive Freight Costs Up 2\u20138%<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-685ee0ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"685ee0ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>India\u2019s Medium &amp; Heavy Commercial Vehicle (M&amp;HCV) fleet has grown from 2 million in FY\u202f2005 to 5.4\u202fmillion today, but replacements haven\u2019t kept pace\u2014raising the average truck age to 10 years, the highest in 20 years. Stricter axle-load rules in 2018, BS\u2011VI cost hikes in 2020, and pandemic-related cash constraints have delayed fleet renewal.<\/p><p>From October\u202f2024, vehicles older than 15 years must pass mandatory fitness tests or face scrappage, affecting about 1.1\u202fmillion trucks. Despite incentives like tax waivers and OEM discounts, new truck costs (\u20b935\u201340\u202flakh) remain steep. Older trucks incur 5\u20137% higher diesel usage and double maintenance costs.<\/p><p>As capacity shrinks, spot freight rates on key lanes may rise 2\u20135%, with contract rates climbing 5\u20138% into FY\u202f2026\u201327. Though expensive short-term, a large-scale replacement offers long-term gains in efficiency and road freight sustainability.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1e314b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1e314b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itln.in\/road-transportation\/greenline-invests-275m-for-lng-ev-trucks-nikhil-kamath-invests-20m-1354958\">Indian Transport &amp; Logistics News.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36bac4b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-facebook-button\" data-id=\"36bac4b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"facebook-button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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