Saddle Creek Goes All in with Natural Gas Trucks

LAKEHEAD, Fla. — As part of its commitment to sustainability, Saddle Creek, a third-party logistics provider based out of Florida, is purchasing 40 Freightliner natural gas trucks, and has plans to add another 40 in 2012.

Freightliner’s Business Class M2 112 tractors run on compressed natural gas (CNG), and will reduce Saddle Creek’s carbon footprint by 103,000 pounds per truck each year, the company said in a news release.

“Because the cost of natural gas is less volatile than diesel, it allows us to have more control over our fuel costs and our customers to have a more stable fuel surcharge," said Mike DelBovo, president, Saddle Creek Transportation.

"Using this alternative fuel also reduces our dependence on foreign oil," he added, "and puts cleaner, more environmentally friendly trucks on the road.”

The company is also building a CNG fueling station near their home base in Lakehead, Fla., the first of its kind built for a for-hire fleet.
 

Saddle Creek takes delivery of the trucks at the end of the year, and plans to be fully operational in 2012.