Scania, a leading Swedish company in sustainable transport, has introduced the first Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-powered tractors to Mexico that conform to the Euro VI emissions standard. Scania is committed to natural gas as a fuel for cleaner trucking solutions and all Mexicans will benefit from these heavy duty vehicles that reduce particulate matter (PM10) emissions by up to 99%. Read more »
Spain’s Empresa Martín Increases CNG Share of Bus Fleet to 80%
Empresa Martín SA, a privately owned public transportation company belonging to Madrid-based Grupo Ruiz, has presented ten buses powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) with Magnus.E bodywork from Castrosua and on Scania K-280 UB 4 × 2 chassis. Read more »
Lille Metro Adds 41 Scania Citywide to NGV Fleet
Scania has successfully tendered to supply 49 Citywide LF 18 metre Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses for public transportation in the French city of Lille. 28 vehicles will be delivered by the end of 2019. The contract is spread over four years, with a further 21 Citywide units to be delivered in that term. Read more »
Scania LNG Truck and Fresh Vegetables Both Viable over 3000 kms
Natural gas is a real, profitable and sustainable alternative to diesel. That is the obvious conclusion reached by Scania and market suppliers after artichokes and melons from Castellón travelled by refrigerated road transport to Stockholm onboard a Scania G 410 CV powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). Not only viability of transportation by also 18 tons of viable vegetables! Read more »
Scania Reports “Ever-Increasing” Sales of NGVs
Scania’s net sales rose to SEK 36.1 billion (USD 5.42 b.) and earnings in the first quarter amounted to an all-time-high of SEK 4,207 m. (USD 631.1 m.), which gave an operating margin of 11.7 percent. Higher vehicle and service volume, currency effects and the market mix contributed positively, with particular note being made in the Interim Report of sales of natural gas vehicles. Read more »
PitPoint to Supply 50 EBS Buses with Renewable Gas
Netherlands-based clean fuel provider PitPoint will deliver green gas (RNG) to around 50 EBS green gas buses in the Haaglanden region from August 2019. This confirms PitPoint’s leading position in the green gas market for public bus transport. Last summer it was announced that EBS had won the Haaglanden region concession and will be providing public bus transport here for the next 10 years. Read more »
LNG-Powered Scania Trucks x100 for KP Logistik
In its largest single order to date, Scania will deliver 100 Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) -powered trucks to KP Logistik, based in Stavenhagen, Germany. The Scania R 410 tractor units will be evenly split between KP Logistik’s centres in Stavenhagen and Wustermark, near Berlin. The trucks will be used for deliveries of dry, refrigerated and frozen foods, primarily to retailers Netto’s and Norma’s stores in eastern Germany, including Berlin. Read more »
Howard Tenens Adds CNG Scania Rigids to Fleet
Howard Tenens CNG Scania (image: Motortransport.co.uk)
Howard Tenens, has taken delivery of two 26 tonne 340 BHP dedicated CNG (compressed natural gas) rigids from Scania, bringing the total number of dedicated gas vehicles to four. The purchase of the two vehicles was made following the highly successful trial of two Scania 26 tonne gas rigids which began in October 2017. Read more »
OEM LNG Trucks Will Deliver Date to ECO-GATE
The Portuguese logistics and distribution transport companies HAVI, Santos e Vale and Transportes Paulo Costa & Ferreira have acquired IVECO and Scania Group LNG trucks within the framework of the ECO-GATE action, which is co-financed by the European Union’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF programme). Read more »
HAM Introduces First LNG Mobile Refuelling Station in South America
HAM Group has designed and manufactured the first mobile liquefied natural gas (LNG) station in South America. This unit has been entrusted to HAM by Quavii, a commercial brand of the company Gases del Pacífico, which is part of the Promigas Group, the market leader in the distribution of natural gas by pipeline in Peru. Read more »
