Nestlé is investing over 101 million euros by 2030 in low-carbon logistics for its water brands S. Pellegrino, Acqua Panna and Perrier. This investment will focus on increasing the use of alternative fuels and testing innovative alternative transportation options. Together with its logistics and fuel suppliers, Nestlé Waters will scale up the use of bio-LNG in trucks.
To strengthen its sustainable logistics initiative, the company is deploying a fleet of four trucks running on CNG at its facilities in Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai. To date, these vehicles have covered more than 35,000 km, reducing CO2 emissions by 6.5 tons. Bolloré aims to gradually increase its NGV fleet to connect more locations by 2023.
The two 10.5-meter vehicles have a Scania N 280 UB4X2 chassis and Castrosua bodywork. It is the low-floor chassis for urban vehicles with two axles. They are equipped with a 9-liter, 5-cylinder, 280 hp Euro 6 natural gas engine that offers a torque of 1,350 Nm. They have a range of 500 kilometers.
This marks another important step forward in DHL Parcel UK’s decarbonization plans and Deutsche Post DHL Group’s commitment to achieve net-zero emissions logistics by 2050. Converting the DHL fleet for pick-up, delivery and linehauls to sustainable energy solutions is an important lever in this.
BWG Foods invested €2 million to expand its low-carbon delivery fleet, through the addition of 10 new biomethane heavy goods vehicles, which will be on the road before the end of the year. The company contributes non-consumable food waste from its distribution operations to produce fuel for its new NGVs at Generation Green’s biogas site.
The new Scania vehicles, with Marcopolo bodywork, are joining the fleet of the Mendoza Transportation Company (STM). During the testing period, they proved to pollute 50% less. This addition is part of the province’s public policies that have to do with sustainable, environmentally friendly transportation, according to the governor Suarez.
New Flyer will deliver 41 vehicles (28 Xcelsior® CNG 40-foot buses and 13 Xcelsior CHARGE NG™ battery-electric 40-foot buses) to the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS). The five-year contract includes options to purchase an additional of up to 432 vehicles (NGVs and EVs). The order is supported by Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funds.
The new 16 buses, manufactured by Golden Dragon, will operate in Cali for the special transport sector: schools, businesses, tourism, private events and health services. Their arrival is the result of a collaboration between Gases de Occidente (a Promigas company), Autogroup (representative of Golden Dragon in Colombia) and Transportes Brasilia, which will operate the fleet.
The MTA has received an $8 million award from the NYSERDA, which will help add its first-ever hydrogen fuel cell buses, further advancing its commitment to an all zero-emission fleet by 2040. Two buses will be deployed, and the MTA will install a hydrogen station capable of fueling up to 40 vehicles at the Gun Hill depot in the Bronx.
Orkla, a Nordic leading brand consumer goods company, has invested in trucks using renewable natural gas from Gasum. Its distribution partner Storemen Logistics first started to use a natural gas-powered truck more than two years ago and now has eight. The logistics company Kuljetusliike Ari Peltola Oy also works for Orkla with a new vehicle running on gas.
