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
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