Congratulations to Metro for being selected as GLICCC’s Stakeholder of the Month!
On September 14, 2011, METRO Terminals opened a biodiesel/bioheat clean fuel blending and distribution center at Enterprise Park at Calverton (EPCAL), located in Calverton, Long Island. The event marked a very exciting time for METRO Terminals, which is already in the final stages of opening the country’s largest biodiesel processing plant in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
This facility in Calverton, which will be accessible by a revitalized rail spur made possible by federal and state funding, will help mark the start of a new era at EPCAL, the former Northrop Grumman site, which is growing as an important commercial and manufacturing center on Long Island. The rail spur will allow METRO to transport its fuel more efficiently—the same amount of fuel transported by 2,500 trucks can be transported by only 100 rail cars—improving the quality of life on Long Island by decreasing traffic and improving air quality.
METRO’s new Calverton plant will create green collar jobs and economic development on Long Island, and help spur a statewide biodiesel industry. It will be a significant step forward in providing Long Island with domestically produced cleaner, greener fuel options—specifically biodiesel for trucks and bioheat for homes and businesses.
Gene V. Pullo and Paul J. Pullo, at center, of METRO, take part in ribbon cutting ceremony for their new distribution facility.
“METRO is proud to be named GLICCC’s Stakeholder of the Month and we applaud and support all of GLICCC’s efforts,” said Gene V. Pullo, President of METRO Terminals. “METRO has led the region in providing access to cleaner, greener fuels including biodiesel which will soon be processed in our 110-million-gallon facility in Brooklyn. Recently, METRO has greatly expanded its presence in Long Island with the opening of our multi-million gallon fuel blending, biodiesel storage and fuel distribution facility at EpCal in Calverton as well as our recent acquisition of Rocky & Marciano Fuel Corp of Holbrooke. We look forward to continuing to provide Long Islanders with access to clean, green and affordable fuels and to furthering our relationship with GLICC, as together, we help make Long Island a greener place to work and live. ”
Metro was started in 1942 with a tradition of innovation, which continues in its business model today. With the addition of the Calverton plant, METRO can reach its goals of manufacturing renewable, cleaner fuel and creating green collar jobs all right here in New York.
Metro’s website has a slogan which reads: Fueling a Sustainable Future. That sentiment is clearly becoming a reality with projects like the new facility in Calverton.
Once again, congratulations to Metro for being selected as GLICCC’s Stakeholder of the Month. If you would like to nominate someone for Stakeholder of the Month, please contact the GLICCC office.
