He said the registrations comprised 27,655 vehicles transporting essential goods, 8,773 company-owned vehicles, including jeeps and pick-up trucks, and 2,231 public land transport vehicles.

“Nationwide, 514,111 commercial vehicles belonging to 205,167 companies had registered under SKDS as of Oct 18,” he said in a statement after visiting Pulau Banggi in Kudat today.

Armizan said 1,408 vehicles belonging to 995 companies in Sabah had also registered under the Subsidised Petrol Control System (SKPS).

These comprised 788 public land transport vehicles and 620 vehicles transporting essential goods. Separately, one registration was recorded for the water public transport sector in Sabah.