Scania enters Lithuania CNG truck trial
By Heather Rose - 31st January 2019
Sweden / Lithuania – In Lithuania, Scania AB of Södertälje, Sweden has partnered with logistics company, UAB Vlantana, based in Klaipėdos, Lithuania, and gas infrastructure developer, SG dujos, to trial gas-fuelled truck in the country for the first time.
The Scania R 410 with its 13-litre gas engine is being trialled by Vlantana on both local and regional routes. Fuelling CNG in Lithuania is currently more than 40% cheaper in comparison with diesel. Lithuania already has nine CNG filling station trucks with services available in all major cities. The CNG trials are seen as a forerunner to LNG, with the first LNG filling station due to open later this year. With Lithuania’s floating LNG storage and regasification unit, called Independence, which has been docked at Klaipeda since 2014, a rapid expansion of LNG facilities is expected.
