Survey Finds Growing Interest Among Carriers for NG Tractors
A new survey found 51.4% of carriers are considering natural gas-fueled trucks when buying new vehicles, according to Transport Capital Partners and ACT Research.
September 10, 2012Fleets Turn to New Technology, Natural Gas to Reduce Expenses During Slow Growth
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Executives with both for-hire and private fleets said they increasingly are turning to cost-saving technologies and natural gas to reduce expenses in a slow-growth economy.
August 21, 2012Kenworth Offers Test Drives of New Natural Gas Vehicles
KIRKLAND, Wash. — Kenworth Truck Co. continued its push into the natural gas market, providing journalists and customers an opportunity earlier this month to test multiple models with engines that run on the fuel that’s garnering significant attention from the trucking industry.
July 30, 2012Trillium Forms Joint-Venture to Build CNG Stations
Trillium CNG on Monday announced a joint venture to built fueling stations with a focus on the Interstate 65 and I-75 trucking corridors and major routes in Texas.
July 24, 2012DHL Express Adds to Fleet of Propane Vehicles
DHL Express said it is set to begin using 100 pickup and delivery vans fueled by propane autogas in five more states.
July 23, 2012T. Boone Pickens to Keynote ATA’s Natural Gas Summit
Energy executive T. Boone Pickens will be the keynote speaker at American Trucking Associations’ Natural Gas in Trucking Summit in November, ATA said Wednesday.
July 11, 2012Oil, Gas Production Curbing U.S. Imports, Journal Reports
Expanded U.S. oil and natural gas production could cut oil imports in half by 2020 and end them by 2035, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
June 27, 2012Editorial: ATA’s Natural Gas Summit
As noted on other pages of this week’s edition of Transport Topics, American Trucking Associations will be conducting the first comprehensive summit on the use of natural gas in trucking.
June 25, 2012ATA to Host Trucking Natural Gas Summit Nov. 28-30 in Arlington, Va.
American Trucking Associations said it will host a first-ever national summit on the growing use of natural gas as a fuel for moving freight across the country.
June 25, 2012Caterpillar, Westport Innovations Team Up to Develop Natural Gas Truck Technology
Westport Innovations Inc. and Caterpillar Inc. last week announced plans to collaborate on the development of natural gas technology for mining and off-road trucks as well as for freight locomotives, marking the latest trend in the spread of natural gas as an alternative fuel source.
June 11, 2012