{"id":4846,"date":"2012-03-26T13:56:15","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T20:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unrbep.org\/?p=4846"},"modified":"2012-03-26T14:00:52","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T21:00:52","slug":"supply-chain-fleet-operators-increasingly-turn-to-natural-gas-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/supply-chain-fleet-operators-increasingly-turn-to-natural-gas-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Supply Chain Fleet Operators Increasingly Turn to Natural Gas Power"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source:\u00a0Business Wire<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Fleet Trucks Fuel at Clean Energy\u2019s National Network of CNG & LNG Stations\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014<\/p>\n

SEAL BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– In increasing numbers, major U.S. contract freight carriers are deploying heavy-duty natural gas-powered trucks to support their customers\u2019 supply chain transport requirements.\u00a0Clean Energy\u00a0Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE), North America\u2019s leading supplier of natural gas fuel for transportation, contracts with carrier fleet operators to provide compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling services at\u00a0Clean Energy public access stations nationwide.<\/p>\n

Among the most recent for-hire fleet operators to opt for natural gas fuel are Premier Transportation, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia; Transplace, Frisco, Texas, and Glacier Transportation & Logistics, Atlanta, Georgia; Dillon Transportation LLC, Burr Ridge, Illinois; C.R. England, Salt Lake City, Utah; Ryder Dedicated Logistics, El Segundo, California; CEVA Logistics, Hoofddorp, the Netherlands; and Werner Enterprises, Omaha, Nebraska.
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\nJames Harger, Chief Marketing Officer,\u00a0Clean Energy, said, \u201cLike Premier, Transplace, Glacier, Dillon, C.R. England, Ryder, CEVA and Werner, truck fleet operators across the country are turning to natural gas power. They seek fuel cost savings, reduced foreign oil dependence, and the environmental benefits of this abundant American resource. Clean Energy commends these companies, and many others like them, for their visionary leadership in the retail and customer products transportation sector.\u201d<\/p>\n

Premier Transportation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Premier Transportation is a nationwide provider of transportation and logistics solutions to the retail department stores and consumer products industries. Premier\u2019s,\u00a0CNG\u00a0trucks will initially be deployed in major metropolitan areas throughout the U.S. Premier will fuel exclusively at Clean Energy\u00a0facilities and it is expected that each truck will consume over 15,000 gallons per year.<\/p>\n

Transplace and Glacier Transportation & Logistics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Third-party logistics leader Transplace and Sunny Delight Beverages Co. have partnered with Glacier Transportation and\u00a0Clean Energy\u00a0to deploy a new\u00a0CNG-powered truck fleet. The five-year agreement will transport products such as Sunny Delight and Fruit2O beverages to customers across the Southern California market. Glacier expects the transition from diesel power to\u00a0CNG\u00a0fuel for its fleet operations will result in substantially less\u00a0greenhouse gas emissions and reduced fuel costs.<\/p>\n

Transplace has been Sunny Delight\u2019s 3PL (third-party logistics) provider since 2006. Transplace Director of Operations, Clint Dearing, said, \u201cBoth\u00a0Clean Energy\u00a0and Glacier Transportation have proven to be outstanding partners as we worked together through implementing the\u00a0CNG\u00a0fleet with Sunny Delight. Transplace used our expertise to give Sunny Delight value added services through contract negotiations, transportation management, and carrier coordination.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dillon Transportation LLC<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dillon\u2019s temperature-sensitive tanker truck fleets operate throughout the U.S. and Canada, with contract services concentrated east of the Rocky Mountains. Dillon LNG-powered trucks now deliver raw materials to Owens Corning industrial production plants in Texas and Ohio. Owens Corning is a leading global producer of residential and commercial building materials, fiberglass reinforcements and engineered materials for composite systems. Dillon\u2019s operations are averaging nearly 250,000 miles per truck per year \u2014 consuming over 40,000 gallons per truck in both Ohio and Texas. Dillon is now evaluating LNG trucks for its operations in Florida and Georgia. Dillon fuels its fleet exclusively in\u00a0Clean Energy\u2019s American Natural Gas Highway\u2122 LNG station network.<\/p>\n

C.R. England<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of America\u2019s largest contract freight carriers, C.R. England, has deployed a new fleet of Peterbilt LNG trucks to transport products out of Southern California to the Las Vegas area. The trucks feature 15-liter Cummins-Westport LNG engine systems and fuel in\u00a0Clean Energy\u2019s Southwest Corridor of LNG fueling stations. C.R. England operates a fleet of 4,000 trucks and consumes over 70 million gallons of fuel per year.<\/p>\n

Read the complete article at Environmental Expert<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source:\u00a0Business Wire \u2014 Fleet Trucks Fuel at Clean Energy\u2019s National Network of CNG & LNG Stations\u00a0\u2014 SEAL BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– In increasing numbers, major U.S. contract freight carriers are deploying heavy-duty natural gas-powered trucks to support their customers\u2019 supply chain transport requirements.\u00a0Clean Energy\u00a0Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE), North America\u2019s leading supplier of natural gas fuel for … Continue reading Supply Chain Fleet Operators Increasingly Turn to Natural Gas Power<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4846"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4846"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4848,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4846\/revisions\/4848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}