By WorkBoat Staff - Workboat.com
The on-time
delivery of freight is something businesses depend on to be successful. That's why Laborde Products recently put a second pair of Mitsubishi engines in service in Nassau, Bahamas
for the Ro Ro Co., which carries cargo throughout the Bahamas and Caribbean.
The first
boat repowered was the 165-foot KCT, which has a pair of Mitsubishi S6R-Y2MPTK
engines rated 630 hp at 1,600 rpm installed. The second vessel, the 190-foot Vi-Nais,
has a pair of S6R2-MPTK2 engines rated 927 hp at 1,400 rpm installed.
Ro Ro Co. owner
Tom Hanna chose these engines to repower his cargo carriers because Mitsubishi
engines are simple, reliable and mechanical, Laborde says. The Mitsubishis also
provide him with much better fuel consumption than the older engines that he had
been operating, the North American Mitsubishi distributor says, and Mitsubishi offers
an assortment of horsepower ranges in a 6-cylinder engine.
Mitsubishi's
heavy-duty marine propulsion engines are fully mechanical and EPA Tier 3
compliant without the use of complex electronics or any after-treatment, and typically
offer larger displacement and more mass than other engines, says Covington,
La.-based Laborde, which services a far-reaching territory from Texas to
Florida and New Orleans to Minneapolis.