BUSMAKERS' NEWS WORLDWIDE
* UAE / Dubai - Scania eyes Dh5b bus order
Dubai,United Arab Emirates -The Gulf News, by Shakir Husain -March 28, 2008: -- Swedish heavy vehicle maker Scania is among the companies bidding for a Dubai order for 1,616 buses, which will significantly boost the city's public transportation system. Many of these will be double-decker buses... Dubai is expected to have 2,500 buses in operation by 2010 compared with about 600 on the roads now... "Qatar needs 1,500 buses in five years. Kuwait is also looking for buses," said Horst Koerner, market support manager of Scania's bus division... Abu Dhabi and Sharjah are also potential buyers... He said there is a big demand for heavy trucks and buses in the region due to large investments in infrastructure and construction projects across the Gulf... Scania said the regional market for heavy trucks is close to 20,000 per year...
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