Trayecto expands natural gas truck fleet with Hexagon Agility fuel systems

Hexagon Agility (Costa Mesa, Calif., U.S.), a Hexagon Composites (Alesund, Norway) business and provider of renewable and compressed natural gas (RNG/CNG) transportation solutions, has received orders from Trayecto, one of the largest cargo trucking companies in Mexico, for additional KenMex CNG-powered trucks with Hexagon Agility’s ProCab 175 diesel gallon equivalent (DGE) and ProRail 30 DGE fuel systems. 

Transportation is responsible for almost 20% of annual CO₂ emissions globally, so reduction in fleet emissions is urgent. Hexagon Agility’s best-in-class ProCab 175 and ProRail 30 CNG fuel systems with integrated Blue iQ are said to provide a driving range on par with counterpart diesel trucks, enabling Trayecto to use CNG, and obtain its environmental benefits, without sacrificing performance. Both back-of-cab systems feature “lightweight Tuffshell all-composite Type IV cylinders combined with aluminum construction minimizes system weight allowing … maximize[d] payload” according to the company’s website specifications.

“We are dedicated to helping our customers make the transition to clean fuels, ensuring reliability and cost savings in mission-critical fleet operations,” Eric Bippus, Hexagon Agility’s senior vice president of global sales and marketing, says. “Grupo Transportes Monterrey is a long-time customer of ours and we are excited to continue our partnership with Trayecto as they leverage the benefits of CNG to improve the sustainability of their fleet operations.”

Prior to this order, Trayecto had been operating more than 300 CNG tractors in its fleet of 4,000 trucks throughout Latin America. Trayecto was recently formed when Alianza Trayecto, Grupo Larmex and Grupo Transportes Monterrey merged to further strategic collaboration in the transport sector. Today, 10% of its fleet runs on CNG with commitment to further replace diesel tractors with new CNG tractors equipped with Hexagon Agility’s fuel systems.

“Our goal is to address the challenge of decarbonization and implement technologies like natural gas where it makes sense,” Jorge Casares, CEO of Trayecto, notes. “Hexagon Agility has been instrumental over the last decade helping Grupo Transportes Monterrey transition diesel trucks to reduce our carbon footprint with natural gas.”