— Fleet Trucks Fuel at Clean Energy's National Network of CNG & LNG
Stations —
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' supply chain transport requirements. Clean Energy Fuels Corp.
(Nasdaq: CLNE), North America's 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 Clean Energy public access stations nationwide.
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.
James Harger, Chief Marketing Officer, Clean Energy, said, "Like
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."
Premier Transportation
Premier Transportation is a nationwide provider of transportation and
logistics solutions to the retail department stores and consumer
products industries. Premier's CNG trucks will initially be deployed in
major metropolitan areas throughout the U.S. Premier will fuel
exclusively at Clean Energy facilities and it is expected that each
truck will consume over 15,000 gallons per year.
Transplace and Glacier Transportation & Logistics
Third-party logistics leader Transplace and Sunny Delight Beverages Co.
have partnered with Glacier Transportation and Clean Energy to deploy a
new CNG-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 CNG fuel for its fleet operations will result in
substantially less greenhouse gas emissions and reduced fuel costs.
Transplace has been Sunny Delight's 3PL (third-party logistics) provider
since 2006. Transplace Director of Operations, Clint Dearing, said,
"Both Clean Energy and Glacier Transportation have proven to be
outstanding partners as we worked together through implementing the CNG
fleet with Sunny Delight. Transplace used our expertise to give Sunny
Delight value added services through contract negotiations,
transportation management, and carrier coordination."
Dillon Transportation LLC
Dillon's 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's operations are averaging nearly 250,000
miles per truck per year — 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
Clean Energy's American Natural Gas Highway™ LNG station network.
C.R. England
One of America's 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 Clean Energy's
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.
Ryder Dedicated Logistics
Ryder provides product transportation services for Fresh & Easy, a
growing Western U.S. chain of retail grocery
stores. Fresh & Easy is a subsidiary of Tesco,
which is among the world's leading retailers. Ryder operates a regional
fleet of CNG tractors for Fresh & Easy's Moreno Valley distribution
center. The fleet is expected to consume more than 400,000 gallons of
CNG fuel annually.
CEVA Logistics
A global logistics
company involved in freight management, contract logistics,
distribution, and transportation management, CEVA uses its new fleet of
LNG trucks to transport American Honda parts from the Honda distribution
center in Ontario, Calif., to dealerships and independent companies
throughout Greater Los Angeles.
Werner Enterprises
An early adopter of natural gas vehicles, Werner is deploying both CNG
and LNG trucks in the Los Angeles area. Werner is the nation's 11th
largest for-hire carrier, operating over 7,000 tractors in dry van,
reefer TL, flatbed, expedited, dedicated contract carriage, and
across-the-border services. The combined fleet consumes well over 100
million gallons annually.
Currently priced up to $1.50 or more per gallon lower than diesel or
gasoline (depending upon local markets), the use of natural gas fuel
reduces costs significantly for vehicle and fleet owners, and lowers
greenhouse gas emissions up to 23% in medium to heavy-duty vehicles.
Additionally, natural gas is a secure North American energy source with
98% of the natural gas consumed produced in the U.S. and Canada.
Clean Energy (Nasdaq: CLNE) is the largest provider of natural
gas fuel for transportation in North America and a global leader in the
expanding natural gas vehicle fueling market. We have operations in
compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) vehicle
fueling, construction and operation of natural gas fueling stations,
compressor equipment and technology, biomethane production, and vehicle
conversions. We fuel over 530 fleet customers and 25,000 vehicles at
more than 273 strategic locations across the country, with a broad
customer base in the refuse, transit, trucking, shuttle, taxi, airport
and municipal fleet markets.
We are building America's Natural Gas Highway™, a network
comprised initially of 150 planned LNG truck fueling stations connecting
major freight trucking corridors across the country.
IMW Industries, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary, is a global
supplier of compressed natural gas equipment for vehicle fueling and
industrial applications with more than 1,200 installations in 25
countries. NorthStar, a wholly owned subsidiary, is the
recognized leader in LNG/LCNG (liquefied to compressed natural gas)
fueling system technologies and equipment, station construction, and
operations. It has built 70% of the LNG fueling stations in the United
States. BAF Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary, is a
leading provider of natural gas vehicle systems and conversions for
taxis, vans, pick-up trucks and shuttle buses. It has converted more
than 15,000 vehicles. Clean Energy Renewable Fuels (CERF), a
wholly owned subsidiary, is developing renewable natural gas (RNG), or
biomethane, production facilities in the United States. CERF owns (70%)
and operates a landfill gas facility in Dallas, Texas, that produces RNG
for delivery in the nation's gas pipeline network for power generation
and transportation fuel. CERF is building a second facility in Canton,
Michigan. We own and operate LNG production plants in Willis, Texas, and
Boron, California, with combined capacity of 260,000 LNG gallons per
day, and that are designed to expand to 340,000 LNG gallons per day as
demand increases. For more information, visit www.cleanenergyfuels.com.
Forward-Looking Statements — This news release contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including
statements about procurement and deployment of natural gas vehicles,
volumes of natural gas that will be consumed by trucks, the benefits of
natural gas relative to diesel fuel, and expectations about the future
adoption of natural gas as a vehicle fuel. Actual results and the timing
of events could differ materially from those anticipated in these
forward-looking statements as a result of several factors, including,
but not limited to, the performance, availability and benefits of
natural gas trucks relative to gasoline and diesel trucks, and the price
per gallon of natural gas fuel relative to diesel and gasoline. The
forward-looking statements made herein speak only as of the date of this
press release and, unless otherwise required by law, the company
undertakes no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking
statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. Additionally,
the reports and other documents the Company files with the SEC
(available at www.sec.gov)
contain risk factors, which may cause actual results to differ
materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this news
release.
Clean Energy Fuels Corp.
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Source: Clean Energy Fuels Corp.
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