Another haulage firm from the UK has invested in a greener future by unveiling plans to utilise the benefits of having vehicles that can operate on a dual fuel engine.
Earlier this year gasworld visited DHL’s distribution centre for the inauguration of the company’s new dual fuel fleet of vehicles and LNG refuelling pumps – provided by BOC. And today it has been announced BOC is also teaming up with the logistics specialists Stobart Group.
BOC, the UK’s largest supplier of compressed and liquefied gases, and logistics specialists Stobart Group welcomed Jon Horsley, from the UK’s innovation agency the Technology Strategy Board, to Eddie Stobart’s new liquefied natural gas (LNG) refuelling station near Warrington, Cheshire.
As part of a £23m programme coordinated by the Technology Strategy Board, and designed to encourage road haulage operators to switch to low-carbon commercial vehicles, the state-of-the-art, dedicated LNG refuelling stationin Appleton Thorn is now on-stream. The funding provided by the Technology Strategy Board was matched by an investment from Eddie Stobart, enabling it to operate a fleet of 20 new dual fuel Volvo tractor units from the site. Other LNG fleet operators may also access the station installed by BOC.
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