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Westport Innovations Inc., has announced that Southern Counties Express, Inc. (SCE) has placed an initial US$4 million order for 50 heavy duty Kenworth LNG T800 Class 8 trucks with financial support from the San Pedro Bay Ports’ Clean Trucks Program, an initiative led by the Port of Los Angeles, the Port of Long Beach and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). The Westport liquified natural gas (LNG) system is 2007 EPA and CARB certified to 0.8g/bhp-hr NOx and 0.01g/bhp-hr PM.
"LNG fuel for heavy-duty trucks offers cleaner operation with a
domestically available fuel", stated Michael Gallagher, President and
Chief Operating Officer of Westport. The trucks are expected to
commence container movement service at the San Pedro Bay Ports over the
next few weeks.
The Green Fleet(TM) division of SCE has been in
the making for over two years. It is a program designed to implement
alternative fuel, heavy duty trucks into SCE’s fleet. The Green Fleet
will begin operation with LNG trucks owned by SCE and leased to
owner-operator independent contractors. The 50 new LNG trucks will
complement SCE’s existing fleet of approximately 150 trucks.
Nine
other Port trucking firms have also committed to the new LNG trucks in
the initial port deployment. Westport expects to conclude purchase
agreements with these fleets over the next few weeks now that funding
approvals from the Ports and the City of Los Angeles are in place.
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