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MARINE PROPULSION • THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Stiefel, WinGD Quite a challenge Also in 2018, Cummins announced that ? shing and passenger transport. The ma- between 450 horsepower (336 kW) and and raising the bar. I believe a “carbon a version of its popular X15 engine was rine X15 is designed to withstand high 600 horsepower (447 kW), while meet- neutral” future is more realistic for ship- available for commercial marine markets hour, continuous duty operation, offering ing EPA Tier 3 and IMO Tier II emission ping. That in and of itself will be a great including inland waterways, commercial variable speed and ? xed speed ratings standards.

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Brown, Cummins Earlier we men- tioned Enhydra, the large excursion boat now based in San Francisco. Some are calling the 600-seat vessel one of the “greenest” boats in America. It has a lith- ium-ion battery-electric hybrid propul-

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Also, in March of 2018, Cummins an- nounced that Azam Marine had selected two QSK95 engines to power its next passenger ferry, the Kilimanjaro VII, which will operate between the islands of Zanzibar, Pemba and mainland Tan- zania. The QSK95 is the largest engine diesel engine Cummins makes.

The high-speed diesel engine offers a power output previously exclusive to much larger medium-speed marine en- gines with power ratings from 3,200 to ™

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