Company to Deploy 20 Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles to Support Mail
Distribution
MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Ryder
System, Inc. (NYSE: R), a leader in commercial fleet
management, dedicated
transportation, and supply
chain solutions, announced that Postal Fleet Services, Inc. signed a
Ryder ChoiceLease
Full Service agreement for 20 compressed natural gas (CNG) heavy-duty
vehicles supporting mail delivery operations in Orlando, Fla.,
Lafayette, La., Jackson, Miss., and La Vergne, Tenn.
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Postal Fleet Services has relied on Ryder for fleet leasing and
maintenance solutions for more than 10 years. The 20 CNG fueled vehicles
will now be added to the existing fleet of Ryder diesel-powered vehicles
that already supports Postal Fleet Services’ mail distribution
operations. The vehicles will be serviced by Ryder’s maintenance network
of best-in-class natural gas trained technicians within Ryder’s
maintenance facilities that meet the unique compliance requirements for
servicing advanced fueled vehicles.
“With Ryder’s help, our team is committed to providing our customer with
the best overall delivery service while also helping them achieve the
best transportation value in the industry,” said Don Dorris, Owner of
Postal Fleet Services. “Postal Fleet Services takes pride in being a
mail delivery contractor where we have the ability to respond to our
customer’s additional needs in minutes. We can now continue to perform
above their expectations, while operating more cost-efficiently and
environmentally-friendly. Ryder has been extremely responsive to our
service needs, which makes us confident about our continued relationship
as their help is critical to provide the logistics expertise, knowledge,
and know-how needed to ensure that the fleet is operating at its best.”
“Ryder continues to see demand for natural gas vehicles from businesses
that are looking through a longer term lens, and want to realize the
environmental and fuel efficiency benefits,” said Ryder President of
Global Fleet Management Solutions, Dennis Cooke. “When companies
outsource to Ryder, they get the benefits of our extensive experience
operating and maintaining natural gas fleets, so they can reduce risk,
maximize performance, speed return on investment, and focus on driving
what matters to them – managing their core business and servicing their
customers.”
Ryder is the leader in natural gas vehicle (NGV) solutions for the
commercial transportation industry, with more than 90 million miles of
experience, 22 NGV maintenance facilities, and more than 5,500 NGV
trained maintenance and support personnel. With the deployment of the
NGVs in Postal Fleets Services’ fleet in Tennessee and Mississippi,
Ryder has now expanded its NGV offering into 16 states and two Canadian
provinces. Ryder has CNG and Liquefied natural gas (LNG) customers in
Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland,
Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin and
in both Ontario and Quebec, Canada. Ryder also operates Liquefied to
Compressed Natural Gas (LCNG) fuel stations at its Fontana and Orange,
Calif., service locations where Ryder has partnered with Clean Energy
Fuels to offer renewable natural gas, the cleanest fuel available today.
For more information about Ryder’s natural gas vehicle solutions visit http://www.ryder.com/en/solutions/alternative-fuels-solutions/natural-gas-solutions.aspx.
About Ryder
Ryder is a FORTUNE 500® commercial fleet management, dedicated
transportation, and supply chain solutions company. Ryder’s stock
(NYSE:R) is a component of the Dow Jones Transportation Average and the
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. The Company has been named among FORTUNE’s
World’s Most Admired Companies, and has been recognized for its
industry-leading practices in third-party logistics,
environmentally-friendly fleet and supply chain solutions, and
world-class safety and security programs. Inbound Logistics
magazine has included Ryder in its “Green Partners” listing for eight
years in a row. Ryder was also recognized by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) with a 2014 SmartWay Affiliate Challenge award
and SmartWay Excellence Awards in 2014 and 2013. Ryder is a charter
member of the NGV Fleet Forum and a member of the Department of Energy’s
National Clean Fleets partnership. Ryder is also a recipient of the 2011
NGV Achievement Award. A member of the American Red Cross Disaster
Responder Program, Ryder is proud to support national and local disaster
preparedness and response efforts. For more information, visit www.ryder.com,
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Source: Ryder System, Inc.