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C.R. England, Inc. Hosts Natural Gas Shipper Symposium

C.R. England is hosting its first Natural Gas Shipper Symposium, Tuesday, Aug. 6 at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah. The event highlights the current and future uses of natural gas in the trucking industry.

by Staff
August 1, 2013
2 min to read


C.R. England is hosting its first Natural Gas Shipper Symposium, Tuesday, Aug. 6 at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah. The event highlights the current and future uses of natural gas in the trucking industry and will feature remarks by Utah Lieutenant Governor Greg Bell, senior executives from Salt Lake City-based C.R. England, and presentations from 10 of the top industry experts on the use of natural gas in transportation.

The symposium begins at 1:00 pm at Deer Valley Resort with a media ribbon cutting ceremony hosted by C.R. England Chairman, Dan England; Co-Chairman, Dean England; and Lieutenant Governor Bell. The ceremony will introduce two additional 2013 Freightliner M2 tractors into C.R. England's Compressed Natural Gas fleet. One will be used in its Spanish Fork, Utah dedicated operation and the other in over the road operations along the Wasatch Front. England also operates natural gas vehicles in Ontario, Calif.

Directly following the ceremony, the symposium will run from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. The symposium will focus on key topics of green transportation and the benefits of natural gas tractors. More than 80 individuals from the transportation industry are expected to attend.

Guest speakers will include:

-- Zach England, Chief Operating Officer, C.R. England, Inc.
-- Frank Love, President, Chief Operating Officer, Love's Travel Stops
-- Bob Carrick, Natural Gas Sales Manager, Freightliner
-- Jim Harger, Chief Marketing Officer, Clean Energy
-- Erik Neandross, Chief Executive Officer, Gladstein, Neandross &
Associates
-- Amanda Copperthite, LNG Business Development, Shell
-- Clint Schroer, Territory Manager, Cummins Westport
-- Andy Bowman, Logistics Manager, The Hershey Company
-- Dave Uncapher, Senior Sourcing & Operations Leader, Owens Corning
-- Allen Nielsen, Director of Fuel, C.R. England, Inc.

The topics include:

-- Natural Gas Introduction: Fuel types, engines and equipment
-- The Shipper's Perspective: Why and How to get Involved
-- Liquefied Natural Gas vs. Compress Natural Gas
-- Steps to Getting Natural Gas Into Your Fleet

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