May 20, 2023. Green mobility solutions provider GreenLine will add 1,500 liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks to its fleet in the current financial year, ending March 2024.
The company, part of the Essar Group, aims to decarbonize heavy trucking in India and is paving the way for widespread adoption of LNG-powered freight transportation, which offers better mileage compared to diesel thereby bringing down operating costs.
“By March 2024, GreenLine will deploy 1,500 LNG-powered trucks. It has around 100-110 vehicles on ground. Besides, about 66 CNG and LNG tankers are also there,” said GreenLine CEO Anand Mimani.
Currently, the company has a total of 160-170 vehicles running.
The idea behind Greenline was to decarbonize the entire logistics value chain, he explained, adding that the company first started with CNG vehicles (Tata 151 and Eicher vehicles) with the maximum weight carrying limit for CNG being up to 15 tonnes.
