Sagepoint Logistics may be in a unique position compared to most carriers who have faced surging diesel prices to fuel their trucks.
The Indiana-based company’s entire fleet runs on renewable natural gas it produces itself. Another RNG provider, Clean Energy, said the alternative fuel typically costs about $1.50 less per gallon than diesel and is over $2 less per gallon compared to current diesel prices, a spokesperson for the organization said in an email.
That's giving relief as diesel has held above $6 per gallon on average since in recent weeks. A Sagepoint Logistics spokesperson said in an email to Trucking Dive that “producing our own fuel gives customers more pricing stability than the diesel market typically allows.”
A sustainable transportation solution
Sagepoint Logistics is all in on RNG-fueled trucks. The company last month announced an order to double its fleet to 120 RNG-powered tractors. Those 60 vehicle purchases were financed through senior secured financing with Power Sustainable Infrastructure Credit Manager, a climate-focused lending platform part of Power Corporation of Canada.
“The demand for low-carbon transportation is accelerating, and our customers want a partner that can scale with them,” Aaron Johnson, CEO of Sagepoint Energy, said in a Sept. 22 press release. “Shippers no longer have to choose between sustainability and reliable, cost-predictable shipping, and this expansion is just the next step in scaling that solution across the market.”
The investment also forwards the company’s strategy of delivering measurable Scope 3 emissions reductions through a carrier with scaling ability, Sagepoint said. Those indirect emissions involve upstream activities such as employee travel and downstream activities like energy used to process sold goods. Scope 3 emissions can account for some 90% of a company's total footprint, McKinsey & Co. has estimated.
As part of that sustainability focus, Sagepoint Logistics also maintains a dedicated fleet of 19 RNG-fueled trucks, whose sole purpose is to haul dairy manure and digestate for its dairy RNG operations, VP of Logistics Curt Reitz said in an email.
An abundance of shipping opportunities
Sagepoint Logistics’ dedicated contract carriage operations launched earlier this year after acquiring its first 60 RNG trucks in April. Sagepoint Energy, its parent company and a producer of RNG fuel, formed through a combination of other RNG firms in 2025, Reitz said.
Though Sagepoint’s fleet runs on fuel it produces, it serves a broad area providing daily deliveries from its hub in Green Bay, Wisconsin, across Wisconsin and to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Chicago and Minnesota’s twin cities, Reitz said. The company’s trucks, powered by Cummins’ X15N engines, have a range of 725 miles, according to the company.
Sagepoint’s primary customers include manufacturers, food and beverage, retail, consumer products, paper products, and building materials, according to Reitz. And because it operates as a dedicated contract carriage in a hub-and-spoke model, drivers are home daily, he said
“Currently our DCC operations are focused on dry van operations,” he said. “However, we are currently negotiating additional opportunities in the DCC space such as refrigerated hauling.”
Other companies also have integrated compressed natural gas tractors into their fleets. Parcel giant UPS and retailer Walmart are among the companies that are using the vehicles as part of emissions reduction efforts.
However for Sagepoint, growing demand is fueling the company’s expansion, Reitz said. Future investments will be in adjacent logistics hubs such as Indianapolis and Kansas City.
“Every additional truck means more capacity for our customers and more opportunities for professional drivers who want to be part of a cleaner, more forward-looking operation,” he said in the September press release.
