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Propulsion Technology
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PROPULSION
On the Water, Now
Bob Dorn owns and leases out three tugboats that col- lectively employ a total of eight, inline 8 GE engines. The
Hatton Marine client was effusive in his praise of the GE brand, saying, “The more I dove into it, GEs were by far the best choice. When we were going through this process (Engine selection for his new builds) fuel was at four dol- lars a gallon, and the engines that I’ve operated for over 30 years burn about 5,000 gallons a day. I was hoping to burn 4,000 gallons a day with GE, and at 4 dollars a gal- lon I
