The fleet of Blue Energy Motors’ heavy-duty LNG trucks is flagged off by Bombay Logistics in Karnataka to be used in commercial transportation in the region. The trucks will be put to use in the Toranagallu region and will be serving JSW Steel’s transportation needs through its heavy-duty cargo.
This will be yet another step in the direction of using alternative fuel vehicles in India’s heavy commercial transportation sector. With Blue Energy Motors developing heavy duty trucks for long haul and commercial uses, it is expected to bring about cost efficiencies along with fuel efficiencies in the freight transportation.
The LNG Trucks for Serving Industrial Logistics Operations
These trucks will be deployed around the Toranagallu area in Karnataka where they will serve JSW Steel’s industrial logistics needs. The trucks will be used for transporting industrial cargo in heavy-duty cargo transportation routes and heavy loads.
Heavy-duty commercial vehicles face certain challenges in their use in the industrial logistics field. The trucks which are meant to serve the industrial freight purposes should be reliable and consistent in their performance and operation.
Blue Energy Motors claims to have developed these trucks keeping the above requirements in mind. They say that these trucks offer the combination of long distance travel as well as heavy-duty and commercial performance.
The trucks are claimed to offer as much as 20% better fuel efficiency. This factor will definitely help a logistics company like Bombay Logistics in achieving operating expense savings, particularly on the long distance routes.
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Practical Advantages for Bombay Log
The adoption of LNG trucks by Bombay Logistics is a step towards adopting a cleaner fuel vehicle in the logistics business. According to Thimmaraj Kakarla, who is the Managing Partner of Bombay Logistics, they had looked into the performance aspect of these trucks before buying them from Blue Energy Motors.istics
In this situation, the trucks will work for JSW Steel. This means that reliability and consistency should be ensured in the process. Indeed, logistics partners in large enterprises have to be consistent and reliable when providing transportation services. Thus, the implementation of LNG trucks is expected to provide both of these aspects and allow Bombay Logistics to consider another type of cargo transportation.
Alternative-Fuel Trucking Step
The flag-off of Blue Energy Motors’ LNG trucks by Bombay Logistics can be regarded as another step in the evolution of India’s freight transportation industry. With increasing numbers of freight volumes, companies in the sector are searching for the ways to cut fuel expenses and carbon footprint without decreasing the productivity of their fleets.
Thus, the deployment in Toranagallu is evidence that the LNG trucks can be considered for challenging routes in the industry, which require high utilization rate, long-haul capacity and reliability. The focus of Blue Energy Motors on the performance of vehicles, fuel savings and deployment process may encourage commercial fleet operators to introduce alternative fuels in the fleets.
By now, Blue Energy Motors has more than 1,400 trucks operating in India, which have traveled more than 100 million kilometers of green routes. The current deal allows adding some experience in the LNG trucks segment.
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