Kroger Adopts Westport LNG Tank System

Westport Innovations announced it is working in cooperation with Kroger to meet their industry-leading environmental sustainability goals.

Kroger has placed an order for 40 Westport iCE PACK systems to be integrated onto their Freightliner natural gas trucks, which will also feature the Cummins Westport ISX12 G engine. All 40 trucks will be delivered to Kroger by the end of summer 2014 to support their corporate goal to improve fleet efficiency by increasing miles per gallon and load capacity. The supermarket chain is implementing their first pilot program of the Westport iCE PACK systems at one of their Los Angeles distribution centers.

The Westport iCE PACK system is an LNG tank system for natural gas trucking fleets that uses clean burning, domestic LNG which costs an average of $1.50 per diesel gallon equivalent (DGE) less than diesel. Utilizing Westport’s most advanced technology, iCE PACK is the only LNG tank system in North America that operates on cold or warm LNG making it convenient for fleets to fuel at an increasing number of LNG stations across North America. The use of cold LNG results in the highest energy density fuel storage available for class 8 trucking with the added benefit of diesel-like fueling experience for efficient on-road trucking needs.