Enviro Express Operates East Coast Fleet on LNG
Last Updated: 06/27/2011
Enviro Express Natural Gas, LLC, a waste collection and transport company, uses its fleet to haul ash and other refuse from Bridgeport to Putnam, Connecticut. The 110-mile trip will now be accomplished by Enviro Express's new fleet of 18 Kenworth T800 semi tractor-trailers powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG).
By switching to LNG, Enviro Express's fleet is able to displace approximately 500,000 gallons of diesel fuel annually while achieving lower vehicle maintenance costs. The company owns and operates the combination LNG and CNG refueling station in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the first LNG refueling station east of the Mississippi River. The LNG is being provided by Distrigas of Massachusetts, LLC, from its Everett Marine Terminal.
Partially funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the $6.2 million project is part of the larger Connecticut Clean Cities Future Fuels project.
