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bell River, British Colombia, were launched in 2011. With a load capac- ity of about 20,000 pounds, these are true workhorses in Canada?s Paci c Northwest. Since Sugloos operate more than twelve hours a day in the region?s short summer, transporting people, supplies and equipment, reliability is essential, Volvo Penta?s Jens Bering said. Inuvik has an average 56 days of continuous sunlight each summer and 30 days of polar night every winter. Northwind Industries, founded in 1997 by President and Owner Kurt Wainman, operates from its Inuvik headquarters, along with a satellite of-  ce in Edmonton, building highways, bridges and oil platforms north of the Arctic Circle. The company performs long distance, heavy hauling to and from Inuvik. Bering said the Sugloo?s Volvo Pen- ta D6-330 is a commercially rated, six-cylinder diesel engine, with a com-mon rail fuel injection system, double overhead camshafts, four valves per cylinder, a turbocharger and after- cooler. ?Together with a large swept volume and state-of-the-art Volvo Penta Electronic Vessel Control, the D6 engines provide excellent torque and acceleration, even at low RPMs- -with very low fuel consumption,? he said. Moreover, the Sugloo?s D6 en- gines comply with International Mar- itime Organization limits on Nox, or nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agen- cy Tier 3 emission requirements. Volvo Penta provides Sugloo?s en- tire propulsion system, from props to helm and everything in between, Bering said. ?This means the engine, drive train and controls are perfectly matched and designed to work to- gether,? he added. Beyond this, Sug- loo Marine can deal with a single VP Over 500 Miles of Protected Navigable Waterway Connecting the East Coast to the Midwest www.marinelink.com MN 37MN Sept14 Layout 32-49.indd 37MN Sept14 Layout 32-49.indd 378/22/2014 2:02:22 PM8/22/2014 2:02:22 PM