Flender/Flender Gear Units/Bevel-helical gear reducers B4
t vessels, but will have twice the interior passenger capacity. The all-aluminum water taxis measure 7 ft. (2 ) long

and 2.3 ft. (2.3 ) abeam, and draw 4 ft. (1.3 ). and each Service Far Marine & Flender agent

: 5-E3B-3 Fax: 5D-2G-3G will carry 9 passengers. Each vessel will be powered by two .. EPA Tier 2- compliant

Cummins QSK 1- diesel engines, each rated at 8 Bhp at 2 rpm. The engines will drive 5-bladed Ni- BR-A1

(nickel-bronze-aluminum) Bruntons propellers via Twin Disc MGX 5SC "Quick Shift" gearboxes and #, Inc. /VmiT Stations EC-3 control systems to improve the vessel' maneuverability and safety when bow landing. While there have been many signifi- cant new ferry deliveries this year: Fairweather built by Derecktor for the Alaskan Marine Highway System; Lake Express built by Austal USA for service on Lake Michicgan; and the aforemen- tioned entries, arguably the most signifi- cant .. ferry newbuild of the year is the Spirit of Ontario, delivered to Canadian American Transportation System for the commuter route between Rochester, NY, and Toronto, ON. Built by Austal Ships, the RoPax ferry is truly in different league. Based on the Auto Express 8 design, 2-ft. (8.6 ), 7-passenger, 2-vehicle vessel capable of carrying its full load at 4.6 knots. MTU powerplants help make this ves- sel special, as four of its state-of-the-art MTU 2V 8 M7s, generating cumulative 4,0 hp (3,8 kW) at rated speed of 1 rpm. is core com- ponent of its success. Power without performance is useless in the commer- cial market, so it is worthy to note that fuel consumption is below 1 /kWh across very broad power range and less than 1g/kWh at the most economical point, while keeping NOx emissions below the limits required by IMO. In 2, two American flagged fast ferries