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MetalCraft’s 9m RIB military and municipal security con? gurations. According to Metal Craft, two production lines are rolling for full rate production throughout the next two years, based on current delivery orders. Metal Craft could not divulge the current back order information. At the moment, two or- ders specify Mercury Verado350’s and one order speci? ed

Yamaha 350’s. The boat has many guns with four mounts, fore and aft and two foldable swivel mounts centered. It is

MetalCraft Marine has introduced an all new 9M Rib. one of the ? rst Naval patrol boats to utilize the British Sea

Based on a previous hull design, it is crossing into new Cross navigation platform that offers a revolutionary tar- territory in Naval Architecture, geared for offshore Vessel geting program. The boat has ShoxsHD suspension stack- board and seizure and insertion/extraction missions from able seats for 2 crew and 12boarding team. Many other over the horizon. The boat can be con? gured for both innovative features are included.

Volvo Penta Engines for New Harley Marine Barges

Recently, Paci? c Power Group’s marine division sup- plied fuel-ef? cient and environmentally-friendly marine auxiliary engines for two petroleum barges currently un- der construction at Vigor Industrial in Portland, OR for

Harley Marine. The articulated tug barges are designed by

Elliott Bay Design and will be 422 feet long with 83,000 barrel capacity, which will make them among the largest vessels in the Harley ? eet. These new double-hull ves- sels will have two 400 horsepower Volvo Penta D13 MH marine engines packaged into cargo pump power units engineered paralleling switchgear will be installed to pro- engineered and sold by Paci? c Power Group. The D13 vide up to 1188 kWe of power that will drive a nitrogen

MH is a powerful EPA Tier 3 engine typically used for inert gas system. The Volvo Penta engines incorporate wa- medium and heavy-duty marine commercial applications ter cooled exhaust manifolds with radiator cooling to help that offers reduced fuel consumption. In addition, three maintain low surface temperatures and reduce ? re hazard radiator-cooled D13 MG diesel generator sets and custom in compliance with ABS and SOLAS safety standards.

Gladding-Hearn Pilot Boat for Tampa Bay Pilots vo Penta’s IPS 2 pod system. With a deep-V hull designed by C. Raymond Hunt & Associates, the all-aluminum pi- lot boat is powered by twin Volvo Penta D11, six cylin- der, EPA Tier 3 diesel engines, each producing 503 Bhp at 2250 rpm. Each engine is connected to a Volvo Penta IPS propulsion pod, which is ? tted with dual forward-facing, counter-rotating propellers and integrated exhaust system, and Volvo Penta’s integrated EPS electronic steering and

The Tampa Bay pilot association has taken delivery of control system. The ? nancial incentive for the Tampa Bay its second Chesapeake Class launch and the ? rst in a new pilots to optimize fuel economy, vessel handling and com- generation of Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding’s mid-size pi- fort led the shipyard to install a Humphree Interceptor au- lot boats. Since the Chesapeake Class pilot boat was intro- tomatic trim- optimization system. The vessel’s top speed duced by the shipyard in 2003, 15 have been delivered to is 28 knots. Key design changes to the Chesapeake Class pilot associations throughout the United States. The latest MKII include positioning the wheelhouse aft of amidships improvements incorporate the performance bene? ts of Vol- to improve comfort and provide for a larger foredeck. 97 www.marinelink.com MN

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