U.S. Oil to Build Five CNG Stations for C.A.T.
U.S. Oil will build five of its GAIN Clean Fuel compressed natural gas stations for Canadian carrier Canadian American Transportation Inc.
The deal follows a recent announcement by Montreal-based C.A.T. to lease 100 CNG-fueled sleeper tractors from Ryder System, in which it will run the trucks to and from Laredo, Texas.
The CNG stations will be built in Montreal and Toronto, and in Scranton, Pennsylvania; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Laredo, the companies said.
“GAIN stations have a great reputation of being extremely reliable, which is critical as we’ll be utilizing CNG for our over-the-road fleet,” C.A.T. President Daniel Goyette said.
“The partnership is critical to our business needs. These new stations will be strategically located and pair well with existing GAIN stations throughout the country to create the nationwide network we need,” he added.
U.S. Oil has 38 GAIN stations in operation or under construction, and the Canadian stations will be its first in that country, said Bill Renz, general manager for GAIN Clean Fuel.
The new stations will be operational in about six months, “by the first quarter, or second quarter at the latest,” he told Transport Topics.
While “many carriers do small, incremental conversions to their fleets, to make the decision to convert 100 trucks at once is a true testament of significant benefits CNG offers carriers,” Renz said. “U.S. Oil is working hard to ensure that the network is in place for carriers to benefit from it.”
The stations will be accessible publicly to fleets and will provide easy-access, fast-fill capabilities, and will have “fleet card acceptance capabilities for trucker convenience and provide reliability to ensure that fleets have a consistent fuel source,” U.S. Oil said.
