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PROPULSION

Bollard tests underway on the Cape Reliant following its repowering with a YANMAR engine. *All images courtesy of YANMAR n November of last year, YANMAR America and its guests of? cially opened the YANMAR EVO//CENTER

Cruising Into in Acworth, Georgia. Situated on 50-plus acres of land

I in Cherokee County, the new 50,000 square foot facil- ity features six state-of-the-art product training labs with

Alaska classroom and hands-on space, three classrooms, multiple meeting rooms, of? ce space, a 250-seat auditorium, and myriad other amenities and features.

with Power to Spare

The event was probably the most recent, visible manifes- tation of YANMAR’s steady march into the North Ameri- can markets. Equally important and occurring thousands of miles to the northwest at about the same time, YAN-

YANMAR only recently arrived

MAR was beginning the installation of its ? rst 6AYAM- in the Paci? c Northwest with its

ET mechanical engine in the Alaskan ? shing markets. A mechanical 6AYAM-ET diesel engine. retro? t contract, the advent of YANMAR in Alaska was as much a milestone as was the opening of the EVO//Cen-

It looks like they are here to stay.

ter. That’s because both events signaled in no uncertain terms YANMAR’s commitment to North America and its

By Joseph Keefe crowded workboat engine OEM market.

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