DB Schenker enlarges its natural gas fleet in Vienna

DB Schenker Vienna to use its second natural gas-driven truck in distribution traffic from the end of November:

The Viennese branch of Schenker & Co AG is to start operating the second natural gas-driven truck for distribution traffic by the end of November. The truck with a green body will collect and deliver shipments in Vienna’s inner-city districts, and cover a total distance of 150 kilometres per day. By mid-April 2011 the branch in Vienna Albern put its first gas-driven truck into operation.

Covering each 24,000 kilometres per year, the gas-driven trucks save about 2.2 tons of CO2. Emission of fine dust is reduced to a minimum. In addition the vehicles meet the strict emission standards EEV (Enhanced Environmentally Friendly Vehicle) and are thus below the future EURO-6 emission standard.

Another core element of DB Schenker’s climate protection initiative is the energy-saving driving mode in overland transport. Before the end of this year, about 30,000 truck drivers across Europe will be trained therefore. As experience shows, trained drivers can save up to ten per cent of fuel consumption.

„Ecology is not just a buzz word for us, but a company target,“ explains Alexander Schaffer, Manager of the branch in Vienna Albern. “Through using modern, energy efficient vehicles, ECO driving trainings for drivers and many more actions we are making our daily contribution to protect the environment and increase competitiveness of our customers,“ he adds.

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