Who Should Attend:
- Trucking Company Executives
- Fleet Managers
- Shippers
- Fuel Managers
- Distribution Managers
- Truckstop Owners/Operators
- Diesel Fuel Bulk Purchasers
- Procurement Officers
- Fuel Distributors
- Transportation Consultants
- Oil Company Executives
- Remote Fueling Companies
- Government Officials
- Bus and Transit Fuel Managers
- Biodiesel Supply Executives
- Fuel Additive Companies
- Fleet Card Executives
May 6, 2009
Urea/DEF Rollout Taking Shape: Love's to Add Product
at 50 T-Stops
North American distribution of urea/Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) is beginning
to fill out as another truckstop chain announced plans to offer the product to
its diesel customers.
Love's Travel Stops now says that it would install bulk DEF facilities at 50
of its locations beginning later this year. "The specific locations and
timeframe of the rollout will be
dependent on initial demand for Diesel Exhaust
Fluid," according to Jon Archard, Love's director of fleet sales.
Beginning in January 2010, most new diesel vehicles will require DEF to
replenish Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) pre-exhaust treatment systems
designed to cut the amount of smog-producing pollutants that come out of
tailpipes. The Engine Manufacturers Association recently estimated that DEF
demand could reach 600 million gallons by 2014.
DEF is likely to be dispensed from bulk containers, large totes, fuel island
pumps and portable jugs. Love's plans to offer portable containers at all of
its 165 locations "at competitive prices," Archard added. The retail chain's
long-term plan is to have bulk distribution capability at fuel islands at all
of its locations, he said.
Love's follows Pilot's announcement last fall that it would be adding DEF to
100 of its sites starting this year. Also, DEF producer Terra Environmental
Technologies recently inked a marketing agreement with distributor Brenntag and
Cummins Filtration said it would be featuring DEF at the 20,000 outlets that
sell its Fleetguard line of products.
January 6, 2009
Brenntag and Terra Sign Urea/Diesel Exhaust Fluid
Distribution Deal
North American fleets and truckstops could benefit from a new strategic alliance signed by two giants in the field of urea/Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF). Producer Terra Environmental Technologies inked a multi-year exclusivity deal with Brenntag to supply the exhaust system additive to its delivery infrastructure in the U.S. and Canada.
Most model year 2010 trucks will feature Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR)
exhaust systems that will require periodic replenishment with DEF. Only engine-maker Navistar will use exhaust gas recirculation, instead of SCR technology,
to meet EPA's smog reduction targets. DEF will be sold through either bulk
plants or at truckstop retail and requires special handling since a key
ingredient is ammonia.
"The exclusive arrangement between TET and Brenntag will provide tremendous
benefits to DEF customers," said Terra President and CEO Michael Bennett. "The
two organizations will tightly control the distribution process to ensure that
we meet the high quality standards required of diesel exhaust fluid."
Added Brenntag North America President and CEO, Bill Fidler: "The alliance
also addresses the two primary concerns that customers have been communicating
to us as 2010 rapidly approaches, namely, will we be able to obtain product
efficiently, and will it meet stringent quality requirements?"
Under this deal, customers will be able to get TerraCair DEF from local
Brenntag distribution points in small packages, 55-gallon drums, 275-gallon
totes and in bulk quantities, the companies said.
December 15, 2008
California to Save 9,400 Lives by Cutting Emission from Diesel Trucks
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) said it has adopted the statewide
truck and bus rule that will require truck owners to install diesel exhaust
filters on their rigs, effective
Jan. 1, 2011.
Nearly all vehicles will be upgraded by 2014. Owners must also replace
engines older than the 2010 model year according to a staggered implementation
schedule that extends from 2012 to 2022.
The move is expected to save 9,400 lives between 2011 and 2025, and greatly
reduce health care costs.
Diesel emissions are associated with cancer and exacerbate cardiovascular
and respiratory ailments, as do smog-forming emissions, according to CARB.
These benefits have an estimated value of $48 billion to $69 billion.
The cost of installing the trailer greenhouse-gas-reducing technologies will
be quickly recouped through lower fuel use.
Both regulations are directly aimed at cleaning up harmful emissions from
the estimated one million heavy-duty diesel trucks that operate in California.
Besides stricter emission control, CARB also adopted the Heavy Duty Vehicle
Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction measure that requires long-haul truckers to
install fuel-efficient tires and aerodynamic devices on their trailers that
lower greenhouse gas emissions and improve fuel economy.
Heavy-duty big rigs are the largest remaining source of unregulated diesel
emissions, responsible for 32% of the smog-forming emissions and nearly 40% of
the cancer-causing emissions from diesel mobile sources.
The greenhouse gas reduction measure applies to more than 500,000 trailers,
while the diesel regulation applies to about 400,000 heavy duty vehicles that
are registered in the state, and about 500,000 out-of-state vehicles that do
business in California.
However, because many heavy duty vehicles are replaced or retired due to
normal business practices on a faster schedule than what the new regulation
will require, the number of vehicles expected to be retrofitted by 2014 under
the rule is about 230,000, while up to 350,000 vehicles would be replaced
earlier than normal over the next 15 years.
To help truck owners upgrade their vehicles, the state is offering more than
a billion dollars in funding opportunities.
CARB staff held dozens of workshops and met with hundreds of business owners
and other stakeholders over the last 20 months.
Without the diesel regulation, California will not be able to meet U.S. EPA-mandated air
quality standards and deadlines and could subsequently lose
billions of dollars in federal highway funding.
California has the nation's most polluted air, according to CARB.
