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Pilot Travel Centers LLC To Roll Out DEF

Feb. 27, 2009
Pilot Travel Centers LLC has announced the details and scheduled rollout for Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) availability at its North American truck stops

Pilot Travel Centers LLC has announced the details and scheduled rollout for Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) availability at its North American truck stops. DEF is a required fluid for 2010 selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems that reduce Nox through a catalytic process in the exhaust stream.

Pilot will rollout 25 bulk-dispensing units per quarter, starting in Q3 2009 through Q2 2010. Ultimately, approximately 100 of Pilot’s locations will have bulk dispensing capabilities at the fuel island where it will be most convenient. All 328 truck stops will have the packaged quantities available. The company will begin ordering the equipment for the bulk dispensing units within the next few weeks. The equipment will be state-of-the-art and designed to store, pump, and transact DEF to customers in a wide variety of climates and conditions.

“Many of our customers will be purchasing SCR-equipped trucks in 2010, so as they began coming to us to learn more about SCR and DEF, we did a lot of investigating. We determined there was a strong opportunity to not only fulfill our customers’ needs, but to be an industry leader,” said Patrick Deptula Director of Design and Construction, Pilot Travel Centers. “By working with Detroit Diesel and Daimler Trucks North America – who are also leaders with their BlueTec 2010 technology – we learned even more about the benefits of those systems.”

Because a typical truck can go approximately 300 miles on just one gallon of DEF, Pilot’s 328 convenient locations – including the 100 bulk-dispensing locations – are well situated for the periodic refills.

“We will continually review our rollout plan for bulk dispensing locations to ensure we are meeting the needs of our customers every step of the way,” said Deptula. “This includes having convenient pay-at-the-pump transactions that can be simply completed while the driver is also filling up with diesel fuel. Our goal in the process is to make everything as seamless as possible for our customers.”

Added Mark Lampert, senior vice president of sales for Daimler Trucks North America: “Our customers are excited to adopt BlueTec emissions technology in 2010 to take advantage of all the fuel economy and performance benefits it delivers. But the only missing piece had been the convenient widespread availability of DEF. Thanks to Pilot’s bold and groundbreaking first step, as well as the rest of the DEF infrastructure supply chain coming together to prepare for SCR, this positions Daimler Trucks and our customers very well for 2010.”

For a complete list of all North American Pilot Travel Centers, go to www.pilottravelcenters.com.