b'FOGHORNFOCUS: MARINE PROPULSIONScania Engines Power Up Alaskan and New England OperatorsBy Karen Rainbolt, FOGHORN Managing EditorC aptain Colby Lawrence, Vice President of Marinewould be in a normal year, Lawrence is moving ahead with Operations at PVA Vessel member Four Seasonsbuilding a new 150-passenger vessel in anticipation that Marine Services Corp./ better days are ahead. Seward Wildlife Cruises LLC.,In early 2020, before COVID-19 dba Major Marine Tours, based inhit the U.S., the Alaskan vessel Seward Alaska, is cautiously opti- operation signed a contract mistic these days. His operation haswith PVA Associate member All been open for business for severalAmerican Marine, Bellingham, months and his vessels have beenWA, to build a new vessel. The in service carrying passengers to seenew vessel, an 87-ft aluminum cat-glaciers, Alaskan wildlife and Kenaiamarans jet propulsion package Fjords National Park.includes quad waterjets, powered Fifty percent of our customersby PVA Associate member Scania this year are Alaskans who areVessel operators credit performance for choosing Scania engines.DI16 082 engines, each rated at 788 taking advantage of the crowd- Photo: Scania. bhp @ 2100 RPM. free spots that are usually overrun by tourists who come toWere going with Tier 3 Scania engines in the new boat Alaska from around the world, Capt. Lawrence said.because we have Scania engines in three other vessels and Although business overall is down by 85 percent thanwe are happy with the performance, Lawrence said, adding 26OCTOBER 2020FOGHORN'