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Company Announcement: Engen leads the charge for a greener transport fleet in SA

15th April 2013

By: Creamer Media Reporter

  

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Engen Petroleum, the country’s leading fuel company, continued its ‘greening’ efforts with a purchase order for nine new trucks that run on 50ppm cleaner automotive diesel oil (ADO). Jeeva Chetty, national operations manager at Engen, says this follows on the company’s purchase of two new trucks in 2012, which comply with the latest European emission requirements (Euro 4 and 5). “It is a significant step forward for Engen’s sustainability efforts,” he says. “Our commitment is to eventually have only Euro 4 and 5 vehicles across our transport fleet of 220 trucks.” Besides running cleaner fuel, the trucks also sport exhaust gas recirculation and particulate filter technology, which translates into fuel consumption savings. Uniquely, they are also equipped with safety features such as driver airbags and pre-tension seat belts.

The additional ‘green’ vehicles’ will be purchased in accordance with the company’s fleet replacement programme and roll-out of ADO 50ppm nationally, says Chetty. “The Engen Transport Department has monitored the performance of our first two vehicles and, given their excellent efficiency and sustainability, we are set to roll-out the programme further.” Chetty says these vehicles will be operating out of Engen’s 20 terminals. “These are exciting times for Engen,” says Chetty. “It’s exciting to see the business evolving and matching the demands of the market and the environmental challenges we are faced with.”
 

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