Westport Innovations Inc. launched a liquefied natural gas (LNG) locomotive tender product solution with an order for four tenders from Canadian National Railway (CN); CN is currently testing two Electro-Motive Diesel locomotives converted for operation on natural gas. The first tender to supply fuel to an adjacent natural-gas powered locomotive will be delivered in the [...]
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Volvo and Shell announce global LNG collaboration
April 6th, 2013 
Aaron Turpen Volvo Trucks and Shell announced a formal agreement to collaborate and coordinate activities supporting the wider use of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as a fuel for heavy-duty commercial vehicles. “Customer interest in natural gas as a heavy-duty truck fuel will only continue to grow,” said Göran Nyberg, president of Volvo Trucks North American Sales & [...]
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Tags: Liquefied natural gas, lng, natural gas, shell, volvo, Volvo Trucks 
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TK LNG Partners orders four ultra-long-stroke dual-fuel engines from MAN Diesel & Turbo for LNG carriers
January 1st, 2013 Aaron Turpen Teekay LNG Partners L.P. (Teekay LNG), an offshoot of Teekay Corporation, the international shipping group, has placed an order for two LNG carriers powered by 2 × 2 5G70ME-GI dual-fuel, two-stroke, gas-injection engine, including an option for three further ships. “The new buildings will be constructed with M-type, Electronically Controlled, Gas Injection (ME-GI) twin engines,” [...]
Westport introduces advanced LNG tank system for natural gas trucks
December 6th, 2012 Aaron Turpen Westport Innovations Inc. is introducing a new on-board liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage solution that supports the use of cold (unsaturated) LNG fuel for large SI-engine vehicles that would have earlier required warm (saturated) LNG. By carrying fuel as cold LNG, the Westport LNG Tank System can increase fuel storage times and improve vehicle range [...]
