MARINE PROPULSION
BY PETER MARSH
Kvichak Marine Industries of Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., has recently launched the first of
three Camarc-designed, all-aluminum 22. 8 m overall pilot boats for Nederlands Loodswegen
— the Dutch Pilotage Association (DPA).
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Kvichak Marine Industries of Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., has recently launched the first of three Camarc-designed, all-aluminum 22. 8 m overall pilot boats for Nederlands Loodswegen — the Dutch Pilotage Association (DPA). Camarc Design is a British naval architecture group that specializes in the design of fast, seaworthy workboats.

DPA is one of the busiest pilot associations in the world, serving Rotterdam’s busy port as well as smaller harbors along the coast of the Netherlands — a coastal zone that has been declared a “sulfur emissions control area” by the European Union.

By specifying that the new pilot boats should be fitted with the best-available technology in marine diesel emission control, the Port of Rotterdam is demon-

Peter Marsh is a freelance writer based in
Astoria, Oregon, U.S.A.

strating a proactive environmental role. In addition to twin Cat C- 32 ACERT diesels each rated at 969 k W that meet EPA Tier- 2 (EU IW/CC2) standards, the pilot boats are equipped with a Nauticlean DeNOx system supplied by Hug Engineering of Switzerland and Soot Tech of the Netherlands.

Nauticlean’s “DeNOx” version is a combined diesel particulate filter (DPF) and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) that is designed, manufactured and marketed by Hug Engineering for 150 to 3000 k W marine applications. It is certified by Lloyd’s Register of Shipping and Germanischer Lloyd for both new and retrofit applications. Hug builds the entire system in-house — from the metal containers to the ceramic filters.