DUBAI, 25 March 2007 — DHL has announced its plans to add compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered vans to its UAE express delivery fleet, leading the efforts in the country toward alternative fuel vehicles. With natural gas continuing to develop as an alternative fuel of choice, and a forecast of 20 percent natural gas share of road traffic fuel consumption in the UAE by 2012, DHL is putting two environmentally-friendly units through a pilot testing phase as part of a plan to expand its UAE natural gas fleet in the coming years. DHL UAE General Manager Janet Jweihan said: “We will endeavor to ensure natural gas vehicles account for at least 50 percent of DHL express delivery fleet in the UAE by 2009 after the testing phase reaches it’s outlined goals.”
