Shell Marine’s proprietary formulation for category II 40bn cylinder oil receives full ‘no objection letter’

Shell Marine is proud to announce that it has received a full No Objection Letter (NOL) from MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) for Shell Alexia 40 XC, its Category II (CAT II) 40BN cylinder oil, confirming the successful completion of the full approval process.

Alexia 40 XC uses a proprietary and unique formulation, developed by Shell Marine’s in-house Research & Development team, a testament to the organization’s technological strength and lubricant expertise as it responds to changes in the...

ACT Expo: Shell Starship 2.0 — a diesel intruder at an electric truck show

LONG BEACH, Calif. — In the 1987 film “The Untouchables,” the late actor Sean Connery sarcastically accused a would-be assailant of bringing “a knife to a gunfight.”

The presence of the diesel-powered Shell Starship 2.0 at this week’s Advanced Clean Transportation Expo is a sort of metaphor for the famous scene, a pivotal moment in the Prohibition-era crime drama.

Diesel fuel is no more the point of Shell’s futuristic technology test bed for freight efficiency than the knife-wielding mobster who...

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Shell Starship tractor-trailer ready for 2021 relaunch

Shell Starship tractor trailer

Shell Lubricants announced on Wednesday that its concept tractor-trailer combination, the Starship, has been updated and will complete a second cross-country run in early 2021.

Dubbed Starship 2.0, the truck will build upon the initial cross-country run conducted in 2018, which saw the Class 8 combination unit achieve an 8.94 miles per gallon average fuel economy and reach 178.4 ton-miles per gallon in freight ton efficiency, as measured by the North American Council for Freight Efficiency...

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