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82 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News us specifying Volvo Penta IPS is because we get no reduction of service speed with a fully loaded boat,” said Martin Land- ström, director.

Volvo Penta IPS offers favorable fuel consumption and exhaust emissions, partly because of the D13 engines with their very low emissions, but mostly due to the fact that as much as one third less fuel is required. Volvo Penta IPS alsoof- fers joystick docking, a useful function in low-speed maneuvering. “The joystick is very practical since the helmsman does not have to be built like a spider to handle wheel and controls, but can command the boat with one hand and concentrate on what happens around the boat,” says

Landström. Another feature is the Dy- namic Positioning System, which holds the boat more or less still in the water.

This feature is often used while waiting on site for the next service job. www.volvopenta.com

M/V PERFORMER

Owner . . . . . . . .Northern Offshore Services, Sweden

BuilderSouth Boats Special Projects Ltd. Isle of Wight,

UK

Main engines . . . . . . . . . . .2 X Volvo Penta IPS1050

Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .588/800 kW/HP

Hull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aluminum

Displacement (light ship) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25t

Length o. a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16m

Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.3m

Draft (base to DWL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.7m

Bunker capacity, diesel oil . . . . . . . . . . . . .6000 liters

Complement total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 pax + 3 crew

Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .600 Nm

Speed unloaded max/service . . . . . . . . . .26/22 knots

M26.2 and W Diesel

Engine Series Launched

Since 1922, Moteurs Baudouin has de- signed, developed and manufactured diesel marine engines. At SMM 2010,

Moteurs Baudouin unveiled its new

M26.2 series of marine diesel engines

M26.2 which are available in six, eight and 12 cylinders configuration. Covering a range from 331 kW at 1500 rpm to 808 kW a 1900 rpm, the M26.2 engines fam- ily is compliant with IMO Tier 2 and in- land shipping regulations CCNR 2 – CE 97/68 phase IIIA. The W series from 75 to 331 kW , 1500 to 2425 rpm is Moteurs

Baudouin second 2010 major release.

Launched last January the two new mod- els 6W105 and 6W126 - six cylinders in line (respectively 6.75 and 11.56 litres swept volume) are now unveiled in a comprehensive propulsion and auxiliary gensets solution.

A 2011 preview was also unveiled at

SMM with the 6W126 CR 368 kW at 2100 rpm prototype. The presented pre- view will be officially released third quarter 2011 in both continuous rating and high power density options. www.moteurs-baudouin.fr

ABB Turbocharging: VCM for 4-stroke Diesels

Under the designation VCM Valve

Control Management, ABB Turbocharg- ing and engine component specialist INA

Schaeffler KG are developing an ad- vanced variable valve train system. VCM offers engine builders a vital technology for attaining low NOx emissions com- bined with optimized fuel efficiency and increased power density on the four- stroke diesel and gas engines of the fu- ture. VCM is based on INA’s UniAir system for automotive engines. It allows variation of both valve timing and lift on four-stroke diesel and gas engines in the power range above 400 kW. A prototype of the new VCM system is currently un- dergoing an extensive test program. Fol- lowing successful test bed trials, first results from “hot” on-engine trials con-

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