Date:
9/7/2011 3:00 AM
?Ryder System, Inc. , a leader in commercial transportation and supply chain management solutions, announced today that it and Staples have agreed to add ten heavy duty compressed natural gas (“CNG”) tractors to Ryder’s dedicated fleet servicing Staples, the world’s largest office products company. These CNG tractors — the first of their kind used in Staples’ third party dedicated operations — will replace ten diesel tractors currently used by Ryder for Staples, and have been made available through Ryder’s natural gas vehicle project agreement with the San Bernardino Associated Governments (“SANBAG”) in Southern California. The $38.7 million Ryder/SANBAG project is part of a public/private partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy, the California Energy Commission, the Southern California Association of Governments Clean Cities Coalition, and Ryder. The project includes 202 natural gas vehicles, upgrades to three maintenance facilities for the proper servicing of natural gas vehicles, and the construction of two fueling stations.
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