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Feb 1, 2012

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* USA - OPINION: Embracing Natural Gas Power Means Freight Trucks Join Other Logistics Sectors


Southend on Sea,UK –Handy Shipping Guide -29 January 2012:  ...  Over 125,000 buses in the US already run on natural gas and world wide well over thirteen million vehicles are powered either solely by liquefied (LNG) or compressed natural gas (CNG) with the applications growing continuously...  In March 2010 US truck maker Peterbilt announced full production capability of natural gas powered heavy trucks and emphasised that all models fulfilled the requirements to achieve US EPA Certified Smart Way status. German maker Faun are to supply the US national waste transfer company Waste Management with a supply of natural gas powered semi’s to operate their new fleet of Rotopress garbage collection units where the trucks haul rubbish trailers, a system trialled across Europe for decades...  Meanwhile in the UK all Thames Travel require to fuel up their new type of buses is a suitable household gas supply, as fitted in their Wallingford headquarters. The company is trialling new 41 seater MAN powered buses in collaboration with the Gas Bus Alliance in the Oxfordshire area to discover the true cost of practical applications whilst producing lower emission levels...  Simultaneously the less than truckload (LTL) arm of trucking and logistics giant Con-way Inc., and one of the true heavy hitters of the US road haulage scene, are launching a pilot program in the next few months to evaluate CNG powered trucks...  The trucks with the compressed fuel which costs less than a third the price of diesel and half as much as LNG by volume... 

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