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Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores said it will add 10 compressed natural gas fueling stations at existing locations in Oklahoma.

Ryder System said that UBCR LLC has selected it as a partner in a Michigan natural gas project that will put 16 more heavy-duty natural gas trucks on the road.

Refrigerated carrier C.R. England Inc. said it was introducing its first trucks that run on liquefied natural gas, to be operated out of its Ontario, Calif., dedicated operation division.

Clean Energy Fuels said Monday it has signed a 10-year contract with third-party logistics provider Saddle Creek Transportation to build, operate and maintain a new compressed natural gas truck fueling station at Saddle Creek’s Lakeland, Fla. headquarters.

LAS VEGAS — The abundance of natural gas in the United States provides a significant opportunity for trucking to lower fuel costs and carbon emissions, although several significant hurdles remain, an official with American Trucking Associations said.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — The cost differential between natural gas powered trucks and their diesel versions is fast dissolving and will soon disappear, according to investor T. Boone Pickens.

Ryder System has launched a new lease program that offers private companies the option to incorporate alternative fuel vehicles into their fleets.

Global petroleum provider Shell Oil Co. unveiled a major push to promote natural gas in North American freight transportation, saying that it aims to produce liquefied natural gas suitable for commercial vehicles in a plant near Calgary, Alberta, by 2013.

Ryder System and Staples Inc. will add 10 heavy duty compressed natural gas tractors to Ryder’s fleet serving the office-products retailer.