NORTH CANTON, OH – The Kenan Advantage Group, Inc. (KAG), today announced that the company has been awarded a new, multiyear contract by NG Advantage out of Colchester, VT. KAG is North America’s largest tank truck transporter and logistics provider delivering fuels, chemicals, merchant gases and food products.
As part of its five-year contract with NG Advantage, KAG will be responsible for hauling high-capacity, carbon fiber trailers from NG Advantage’s natural gas facilities to customer sites. “As our service and sourcing territories continue to expand throughout the Northeast, we needed to find a nationally based carrier with a dependable record and the ability to grow with us, said Rico Biasetti, NG Advantage’s CEO.” Biasetti added, “We are confident that we’ve made the right decision by selecting KAG for the safe and reliable delivery of CNG and that they can continue to deliver the exceptional service that our customers have come to expect of us.”
“We are pleased to partner with an organization that embraces our same core values of safety and service excellence,” said KAG’s Chief Operating Officer Grant Mitchell. “With our nationwide footprint, access to over 7,000 drivers, and a nationally recognized logistics group to provide additional support, we believe we are the perfect fit to help NG Advantage continue to grow in the CNG marketplace. We look forward to collaborating with this exceptional team of professionals to better serve their end users,” Mitchell continued.
About KAG
The Kenan Advantage Group, Inc. (www.thekag.com) operates through its six operating groups consisting of Fuels Delivery, Specialty Products (chemicals), Merchant Gas, Food Products, KAG Canada and KAG Logistics. The company has terminal and satellite locations in 40 states and six Canadian provinces and territories, with the ability to deliver within all 48 contiguous states, Canada and Mexico. KAG also provides specialized supply chain logistics services through KAG Logistics (www.kaglogistics.com), which is an Inbound Logistics Top 100 3PL.
About NG Advantage LLC
NG Advantage provides the economic and environmental benefits of clean-burning natural gas to power generators, gas utilities, and large industrial end users that do not have sufficient supply from pipeline natural gas. NG Advantage is a leading provider of virtual pipeline service in the country and pioneered trucking compressed natural gas using one of the largest virtual pipeline trailer fleets in the US. The company’s current customers include gas utilities – where NG Advantage provides pipeline pressure and capacity support – regional hospitals, paper mills, asphalt plants, food processors, industrial dry cleaners, and manufacturing facilities. Majority-owned by Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE), NG Advantage is expanding nationwide from its headquarters in Vermont.