<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=rshvv63d&gInitPage=1">08-02 THE POWER OF SCIENCE 1 ●Ships made to order </a> ●Quality, tried and tested ●Coral views THE POWEROF SCIENCETHE POWEROF SCIENCE ● Ships made to order ● Quality, tried and tested ● Coral views No. 2, 2008 Power_2008_05_22:Layout 1 08-05-29 15.57 Sida 1
<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=rshvv63d&gInitPage=2">08-02 THE POWER OF SCIENCE Sida 2 In the beginning</a> of March Volkswagen announced it would increase its share in Scania’s voting rights up to almost 69 per cent. The Swedish investment company Investor and the Wallenberg foundations, who had been share- holders for more than 90 years, sold their holdings in the company. To us at Scania, this means an end to press speculation about possible takeovers, giving us stability and peace to work. At Scania’s Annual General Meeting on May 5th, Professor Martin Winterkorn, Volkswagen’s President and CEO and Chairman of Scania’s Board of Directors, said, “Scania is one of the greatest engineering companies, an automotive gem which stands for premium products and for profitable growth, therefore we strive for full continuity in operations and strategy”. Volkswagen has always supported Scania’s strategies and encouraged long- term investment which, in addition to the fact that they too are a very successful automotive company, makes them a perfect majority owner. As you can see from one of the stories in this issue, in southern Africa, Scania creates stability in another way. Power supply in the region is some- times insufficient and unreliable, creating problems for companies relying on a continuous energy supply. For many, the solution is to install a genset equipped with a Scania engine to take over when the normal grid fails to deliv- er. This creates stability for our customers in southern Africa. 2 – 20082 More stability – in various aspects Scania Power is a customer magazine issued four times a year by Scania Engines. You are welcome to quote Scania Power. Publisher Robert Sobocki robert.sobocki@scania.com Editor Ann-Helen Rova ann-helen.rova@scania.com Editorial, production and layout Greenwood Communications www.greenwood.se Print Rapidax www.rapidax.se Distribution Sign up for a free subscription by contacting us via phone, fax or e-mail. Scaniais one of the world's leading manu- facturers of trucks and buses for heavy transport applications, and of industrial and marine engines. Scania Engines manufactures, markets and sells engines for industrial, genset, marine and defence applications. Scania Engines SE-151 87 Södertälje Sweden Phone: +46 8 553 810 00 Fax: +46 8 553 829 93 E-mail: engines@scania.com www.scania.com No. 2, 2008 Robert Sobocki, Scania Engines Power_2008_05_22:Layout 1 08-05-29 15.57 Sida 2
<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=rshvv63d&gInitPage=3">08-02 THE POWER OF SCIENCE Sida 3 I n order to saf</a> eguard foreign trade and indus- try, piloting in Finnish waters is compulsory. Previously handled by the Finnish Maritime Administration, piloting services in Finland have been provided since 2004 by Finnpilot, an independent state owned company. In addition to piloting, the company offers other support services for marine traffic such as fairway inspection and the repair of safety devices. Finland’s 24 pilot stations – 20 in the country’s territorial waters from Fredrikshamn close to the Russian border in the south to the top of the Bothnia bay and four in lake Saimaa – are on duty 24 hours a day, all year round. Finnpilot’s fleet con- sists of 37 pilot cutters and 26 high-speed pilot vessels. The company also has seven hydrocopters at its disposal when the waterways are covered in ice. Each station has access to one pilot cutter; most of them also have a high-speed pilot boat. In all, Finnpilot employs some 200 pilots and about 15 pilot boat drivers. Investing in new vessels During the past few years, Finnpilot has on average bought three new vessels every year –one pilot cutter rig and two high-speed pilot vessels. One of its latest purchases is a high-speed vessel manufac- tured by Finnish boatbuilder UKI Workboat. It is the first in a series known by its project name “High-speed pilot vessel 2005”. This aluminium vessel is 12.5 metres long and 5.0 metres wide with a displacement of 14 tonnes and a depth of exactly one metre. With its two 12- litre, 500 hp Scania engines, as well as water jet propulsion system from Rolls Royce, it can reach a maximum speed of 33 knots. Strict requirements When investing in new vessels, Finnpilot’s main requirements are safety in difficult weather, speed in open waters and low running costs. Technical reliability is of particular importance, since the company’s pilots have to rely on being able to tackle the sea in all conditions. For Finnpilot, a countrywide and efficient serv- ice network is one of the most important criteria when choosing an engine supplier. The company’s own staff handles daily maintenance, but as it does not have its own service organization, servicing is provided by the engine supplier. In recent years, Scania has been Finnpilot’s main engine supplier, backed up by Scania’s distributor, Scan Auto, which has a highly capable service net- work along the coast line as well as inland.■ FINNISH PILOTS SPEED UP Safety in bad weather, speed in open waters, low running costs and a countrywide service network are key criteria when Finnpilot renews its fleet. With a top speed of 33 knots, two Scania 12-litre engines and water jet propulsion system from Rolls Royce, its latest addition fits the bill. Story: Seppo Salmi Photo: Finnpilot During 2006, almost 37,000 pilot operations were carried out over 700,000 nautical miles (the equiva- lent of 30 laps around the world). Power_2008_05_22:Layout 1 08-05-29 15.58 Sida 3
<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=rshvv63d&gInitPage=4">08-02 THE POWER OF SCIENCE Sida 4 D uring 2007 Spa</a> in welcomed around 60 million tourists, visitors who come for the bustling cities and, most of all, its beauti- ful beaches and coastal villages. In the course of their stay, many of these visitors will probably take a trip on one of the many boats plying the coast and the surrounding islands. If they do, the possibility that the boat has been built by Drassanes Dalmau, is great. In addition to being one of the world’s premier tourist destinations, Spain is, geographically, a peninsula which together with the Balearics and the Canary Islands, gives it 8,000 kilometres of coast- line. No wonder a shipyard like Drassanes Dalmau is doing well. “Throughout the history of our company we have built all types of boats – for fishing, compe- tition, recreation, work, and so on – but these days, we specialize in passenger boats, both catamarans and monohulls,” says Gloria Dalmau, Managing Director of Drassanes Dalmau. “Our main customers are hotels and other companies in the tourism sector.” The company’s logo is visible on vessels in numerous Mediterranean ports as well as in the Canary Islands and on the northern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. After more than forty years in business – the company was founded by Ms Dalmau’s father in the 1970s – Drassanes Dalmau is a household name. “We are well known for build- ing ships to order,” Ms Dalmau continues. “The customer tells us what they want, and we make it a reality.” Design and polyester When designing a boat, Drassanes Dalmau must consider not only the requirements of their client, but also the needs and desires of the clients’ customers, the tourists taking a boat trip. “We spend a lot of time on the design,” confirms Ms Dalmau. “Our boats must look good so that the tourists want to use them.” At the company’s 3,000 square metre facility in Arenys de Mar, a fishing port outside Barcelona, five to six boats are produced every year. Twenty peo- ple work on construction of the boats, which are all made from polyester, a material the company has been using since 1972. “Polyester allows you to build the boats according to individual taste,” says Ms Dalmau. “It’s malleable, flexible and solid and it doesn’t break or dent, which makes it a great material for building boats. If you take good care of it, a polyester boat doesn’t age either.” Today, almost 80 per cent of boats in the Spanish Mediterranean are polyester, but in the 1970s the material was virtually unheard of in the industry. “We pioneered the use of the material, which means we are one of the most experienced polyester boat builders in the country.” For Drassanes Dalmau, every boat that leaves the shipyard is a floating advertisement to new clients. Says Ms Dalmau: “It is good when 2 – 2008 A small family company near Barcelona is the Spanish market leader in the construction of passenger boats. Drassanes Dalmau was also one of the shipyards that pioneered the use of polyester in boat construction. Since 2002, Scania Engines has supplied them with some 15 marine engines. The polyester pioneers Drassanes Dalmau pioneered the use of polyester as a building material for boats in the 1970s. Story and photos: Cristina Garcia Diez Power_2008_05_22:Layout 1 08-05-29 15.58 Sida 4
<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=rshvv63d&gInitPage=5">08-02 THE POWER OF SCIENCE Sida 5 5 customers spea</a> k well of you, but the product also needs to speak well of you. What makes us really happy is when one of our boats enters a port and our clients’ competitors start calling us.” Scania design for Dalmau Since 2002, the shipyard has bought some 15 engines from Scania, mainly for the fishing boats the company produced up until a couple of years ago. According to Ms Dalmau, the responsibility of proposing which engine to use is great, “because normally the client specifies the engine.” Ms Dalmau says that clients chose Scania because of the quality of the engines, adding “Either they already have a Scania engine themselves or know someone who does and is satisfied with it. It certainly is a brand you hear mainly good things about. One of the main advantages is that it really delivers the horsepower it claims to supply.” Although the company normally builds boats to order, it is currently building a catamaran for sale on the open market. For this, the shipyard has decided to go with a Scania engine. “We have chosen Scania because of the excellent quality- price ratio and because we needed it quickly. Scania was able to deliver on time,” concludes Ms Dalmau.■ Drassanes Dalmau was founded by current Managing Director Gloria Dalmau’s father in the 1970. Drassanes Dalmau produces five or six boats every year at its 3,000 square metre facility in the fishing port of Arenys de Mar, just outside Barcelona. Power_2008_05_22:Layout 1 08-05-29 15.58 Sida 5
<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=rshvv63d&gInitPage=6">08-02 THE POWER OF SCIENCE Sida 6 T oday, more obj</a> ects of scientific study than navigational aids, the stars are observed through a number of telescopes across the Earth. South Africa is, along with Chile and Australia’s eastern coast, among the prime observing sites in the southern hemisphere. Built on a remote hilltop in Sutherland in the Karoo, a semi-desert area northeast of Cape Town, South Africa, the Southern African Large Telescope (S.A.L.T.) offers the world’s astronomic community a view of clear, dark skies as free from man-made light pollution as possible. S.A.L.T. is the largest single optical telescope in the southern hemisphere. It was built by an international consortium of universities and scientific institutions and is able to record distant stars, galaxies and quasars a billion times too faint to be seen with the unaided eye. It collects light from astronomical objects and focuses it onto the telescope’s focal plane. From there, the light proceeds into an optical instrument while the telescope tracks the relative movement of the object across the sky to maximise exposure time. Dependable power supply The Sutherland site looks like something out of a science fiction novel. In addition to S.A.L.T., there are eleven other telescopes here, the domes of which dot the flat landscape. Thirty people, employed by the South African Astronomical Observatory, who maintain all of the telescopes, work and live at the site with their families. In addition, the site is a temporary home to visit- ing astronomers from all over the world who come to stay and work with the telescopes for anything from two weeks to six months. “It’s like a small village,” says Site Manager Dawie Fourie. For an operation like this, a reliable power supply is essential. It is also a commodity which In the barren semi-deserts of southern Africa, large telescopes tirelessly scan the skies for new scientific discoveries. But these marvels of science, engineering and technology see nothing without electricity, which in today’s energy crisis-ridden southern Africa, is more often than not provided by Scania-powered emergency generators. An ancient legend of the South African San people tells of a girl who threw a handful of burning embers into the night sky to create the Milky Way – an arc of stars that glows across the southern heavens – providing light so that people could safely navigate. TheS.A.L.T. of the Earth Stories: Åsa Larsbo Photos: Göran Wink The Southern African Large Telescope is the largest single optical telescope in the southernhemisphere. SCIENTIFIC POW Power_2008_05_22:Layout 1 08-05-29 15.58 Sida 6
<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=rshvv63d&gInitPage=7">08-02 THE POWER OF SCIENCE Sida 7 is hard to come </a> by in South Africa, where demand has long since outgrown supply and no end to the ongoing energy crisis is in sight. “We have just been informed that there will be no more scheduled power cuts as of last Friday,” continues Mr Fourie, with a hint of disbelief. “Even so, with three of four unofficial power cuts weekly, as well as frequent thunderstorms, we rely very heavily on our emergency generator.” The emergency generator, supplied by Diesel Generator Services located in a suburb of Cape Town, a four-hour drive from Sutherland, starts automatically when the mains power supply is cut. Powered by a 16-litre V8 Scania engine, it has an output of 625 kVA. With so much equipment depending on it for power, reliability of the engine is key. Mr Fourie gives an example: “On the site in Sutherland, there is a robotic solar telescope where the dome is set up to open at sunrise and close at sunset. If we don’t have a seamless transition to stand-by power, the cycle of the telescope is interrupted and valuable scientific data could be lost.” Science Using the telescopes at Sutherland, astronomers from South Africa and around the world conduct a wide range of research using optical and infrared astronomy. They look for answers to unsolved questions about stars, planets outside our own solar system, the dust and gas of “empty space”, galaxies containing hundreds of billions of stars, and the structure and scale of the universe. Recent work has explored the structure of the universe by mapping obscured galaxies behind the Milky Way, as well as gathered infor- mation about active galaxies where giant black holes turn matter into energy on such a scale that some can be seen from billions of light years away. Discovering new planets Inaugurated in November 2005 by South Africa’s President Thabo Mbeki, S.A.L.T. released its first public research results in August 2006, giving new insight into a pair of stars closely orbiting one another. In late 2007, an inter - national team led by astronomers from S.A.L.T., used the power of this telescope and the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile to understand the after- math of a three-galaxy collision where nearly 200 times the mass of our sun is giving birth to new stars. Another installation in Sutherland, the SuperWASP-South camera, is employed in the detection of new planets outside our solar system. So far, the WASP (Wide Area Search for Planets) project’s two widefield cameras (the other one is on the Canary island of La Palma) have discovered ten new planets. Since its foundation in the 1970s, the facility in Sutherland has become quite a tourist attraction. Guided tours of the facility, includ- ing S.A.L.T., are available in the daytime, and night time visitors are treated to a view of the skies through two dedicated visitor telescopes. And its popularity is likely to increase even further with 2009 proclaimed International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations.■ In Sutherland, astronomers from all over the world look for answers to the unsolved questions of the Universe. Sutherland Site Manager Dawie Fourie relies on Scania for dependable power. ▲ WER Power_2008_05_22:Layout 1 08-05-29 15.58 Sida 7
<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=rshvv63d&gInitPage=8">08-02 THE POWER OF SCIENCE Sida 8 L ike the Karoo </a> in South Africa, the Gamsberg area in the Khomas highlands in neighbouring Namibia offers excellent conditions for optical astronomy. It is sparsely populated with few man-made lights that can interfere with views of the clear, dark night skies and the mild climate, with around 10 per cent humidity, is perfect for the sensitive equipment. This made the selection of the location for H.E.S.S. a straightforward proposition for the international group of universities and research institutions led by Germany’s Max-Planck- Institut for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg that built and now operates the facility. Four telescopes While the acronym H.E.S.S. stands for High Energy Stereoscopic System and describes the key features of the instrument, it is also named after Victor F. Hess, an Austrian physicist whose discovery of cosmic rays was rewarded with the Nobel Prize in Physics. The system uses four big telescopes, arranged at the corners of a 120 metre square. The telescopes consist of a mirror that focuses the light and a light detector (the ‘camera’) to record the images. A steel mount with a computer-controlled drive system allows the telescope to rotate and track celestial objects as they move across the sky. Unlike the telescopes at Sutherland in South Africa, the H.E.S.S. telescopes are dedicated to the study of gamma rays, a form of electro- magnetic radiation from celestial objects. The electromagnetic radiation that can be detected on earth ranges from radio frequencies up to the high energy gamma rays studied at H.E.S.S., with starlight, the most obvious example of this radiation. Most of the radiation detected on earth is thermal radiation, i.e. created by hot bodies such as the sun. However, very high energy gamma rays are generated in non-thermal conditions, such as in the aftermath of stellar explosions – supernovas – or in the vicinity of black holes. “These are the gamma rays we study at H.E.S.S. in order to, among other things, find out more about their sources,” explains Stefanie Schwemmer, an astronomy PhD student from Heidelberg, who, with two colleagues, is spend- ing her nights in the control room at H.E.S.S. for five weeks. “In simpler terms you can say we study objects in the sky that cannot be detect- ed by the naked eye – objects outside of our solar system.” Much-needed electricity The scientists at H.E.S.S. accumulate around 1,000 hours of observations each year. The data is first analysed by computers at the site, and then shipped to the processing centres in Heidelberg and Lyon. The data acquisition done by the tele- scopes is controlled by computers that steer the telescopes automatically throughout the night. When H.E.S.S. was built in 2001, a genera- tor set with two Scania 9-litre engines was installed. Up until December 2007, when the electrical grid finally reached Goellschau, this generator set was the only source of electricity on the site, supplying the four telescopes, comput- ers as well as offices and observer housing. The generator set now supplies emergency power and as thunderstorms are common in the area it is still running almost daily during the rainy season. “We picked Scania for two main reasons,” says Site Manager Toni Hanke. “The first is the long service intervals. We now service the engine around once a month, which we think is a very good rate. Secondly, as we have been using the generator set as a primary source of power, we needed a fuel efficient engine.”■ The farm ‘Goellschau’ lies a two-hour drive on dirt roads across the Namibian wilderness from the capital Windhoek. Although still a working cattle farm, Goellschau is, since 2004, best known as the home of High Energy Stereoscopic Systems, or H.E.S.S. for short, a telescope for measuring cosmic gamma rays. Stellar performance Stefanie Schwemmer, an astronomy PhD student from the Heidelberg is working at H.E.S.S. for the third time. Power_2008_05_22:Layout 1 08-05-29 15.59 Sida 8
<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=rshvv63d&gInitPage=9">08-02 THE POWER OF SCIENCE Sida 9 After nearly 20 </a> years as a supplier of ethanol powered buses, Scania is now broadening its range of ethanol-powered vehicles for urban traffic. Starting next year, this will enable hauliers, authorities and municipalities to run both passenger and goods transport on the same renewable fuel. Scania is also working together with other interested parties to establish an infrastructure for ethanol fuel distribution. Once the infrastructure is in place, it will also be possible for smaller transport companies to invest in ethanol-powered vehicles. The new ethanol engine is an adaptation of Scania's 9-litre diesel engine with charge-cooling and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR). The engine meets the enhanced environmentally friendly vehicle (EEV) standard, which is slightly stricter than Euro 5 − the exhaust standard being introduced in the European Union in October 2009. This year, Scania Engine’s Dutch distributor Sandfirden will deliver its 5,000th engine. Sandfirden Technics is located in a small harbour area in Den Oever. Its core business is manufacturing marine gensets delivered to ship- yards worldwide, and fittingly, Scania engine no 5,000 will be delivered to Chemgas, a shipping company specialising in gas transportation. The engine is one of a genset package of four engines delivered to Chemgas – two 12- litre and one 16-litre Scania engine and one SisuDiesel – for use as emer- gency power. “This customer had very challenging demands,” comments Bart Bakker, Technical Director at Sandfirden. “As the only engine with both CCNR2 and Bureau Veritas certificates, Scania fit the bill perfectly.” The four vessels comprise two South Boats wind farm support boats, a 16-metre Mustang Marine pilot launch destined for the Port of Tyne and a Macduff Shipyards tug/general workboat to be operated by the Port of Peterhead. At the Scania stand, three marine engines will be displayed –a six-cylinder 12-litre engine fitted with Twin Disc reverse gear, a 16- litre V8 and a 16-litre cutaway engine, which will be used to show visitors the internal components of a Scania engine. The Scania Great Britain team look forward to welcoming visitors to the stand, this year located next to the stairs that lead to the floating pontoons. 2 – 20089 This year, the Seawork International exhibition in Southampton in June features four Scania-powered vessels. Gearing up for SeaworkVisitors to this year’s Seawork will be able to feast their eyes on these two wind farm support vessels from South Boats. World première for Scania’s ethanol-powered trucks Sandfirden reaches 5,000 Power_2008_05_22:Layout 1 08-05-29 15.59 Sida 9
<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=rshvv63d&gInitPage=10">08-02 THE POWER OF SCIENCE Sida 10 2 – 200810 T hi</a> rty people have gathered in the inspection room at the engine development centre, locat- ed in the Scania Technical Centre in Södertälje. It’s time for an inspection meeting for a prototype engine that has just undergone long- term testing at the facility. All the parts from the dismantled 12-litre engine – including the crank- shaft, connecting rods, pistons and piston rings – are lying on a cart and have been carefully exam- ined by the engineers. “At the Scania Technical Centre, we make at least one inspection like this every week,” says Håkan Sterner, Manager, Performance & Testing at Scania Engines. “Every engine component is analysed to see how it has been affected by the test cycles. Then, the necessary improvements are made before new tests are performed and the engine can be released for production. The engine is stored so we can go back and look at it again if new problems are discovered in later tests.” Rigorous examination of test engines is just one element of the work that goes into developing Scania’s engines. In total, around 470 people are directly involved in engine development at Scania, with an additional 100 people working on the engine management system. More than half of the compa- ny’s R&D budget goes to engine development. In addition, substantial investment has recently been made to upgrade all of the company’s test cells (there are more than 30) in order to meet future demand for lower emissions and improved output and torque. “Our aim is to be the leader when it comes to engine service life, fuel economy and reliability – and careful testing of all the components plays a major role in achieving that aim,” continues Mr Sterner. “We develop and manufacture robust engines capable of handling high combustion pressures, which means they have potential for good fuel economy as well as high output and torque.” Modular approach Scania’s modular system, first used for engines with the introduction of the 12-litre engine in the mid 1990s, is now fully implemented for all engines from 9 to 16 litres. This means that every compo- nent is meticulously tested as well as manufactured in very large quantities. “The modular system results in a smaller total amount of components and we can therefore invest more resources into testing of each component,” explains Mr Sterner. “For example, we produce between 300 and 400 12-litre marine engines every year, but basically the same cylinder head is mounted on most engines that leave our factory. Hence hundreds of thousands of copies of the same basic component are produced every year.” Keep on running Reliability is a key word at Scania. A strong focus on research and development, continuous improvements and rigorous quality control make Scania engines the most robust in the market. Peter Eriksson, responsible for cylinder linings and piston rings, looks at wear and tear on a piston ring. Story: Åsa LarsboPhotos: Carl-Erik Andersson, Göran Wink, Cristina Garcia Diez and BAE Hägglunds Håkan Sterner, Manager, Performance & Testing at Scania Engines, in front of a dismantled prototype 12-litre engine that has just undergone long-term testing at the Scania Technical Centre in Södertälje, Sweden. Power_2008_05_22:Layout 1 08-05-29 15.59 Sida 10
<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=rshvv63d&gInitPage=11">08-02 THE POWER OF SCIENCE Sida 11 Another example</a> is the combustion chamber. Fundamentally, all Scania engines, whether mounted in a boat or a truck, have the same combustion chamber, which means large resources can be invested into optimising one combustion chamber for optimum performance. The fact that components are shared between the engine ranges streamlines parts supply and trouble-shooting processes as well as service and main tenance at the workshops. The number of parts to be kept in stock diminishes and all Scania mechanics are familiar with the working methods to be used on all engines. Quality control The concept of continuous improvement is a key part of Scania’s philosophy, in development as well as in production, and Scania engines are constantly evolving. Mr Sterner provides an example: “On our 12-litre engine, released in 1995 and still in production, many details have been fine-tuned over the years. Among the components improved over time are the crankshaft, the connecting rod and the piston. The engine was originally fitted with an inline injection pump, but from the outset it was designed to cope with new injection systems with unit injectors. Continuous improvement of processes ensures quality all the way from development to the delivered engine. The end product is a fuel- efficient and dependable engine which, if maintained correctly, just keeps on running.■ “The reliability of our emergency generator is essential to us because the scientific research done at our facility demands a stable power supply. We had problems with our previous generator set which would sometimes not start when required. Now we have a Scania- powered genset because we know we can trust it.” – Dawie Fourie, Site Manager, Southern African Astronomical Observatory, Sutherland, South Africa. “We have been using Scania engines since the start of serial deliveries of our Infantry Fighting Vehicle, CV90, in 1993. The CV90 is designed to give our customers a fully protected and reliable vehicle when operating in different environments on inter- national operations. Reliability is one of the most critical factors our customers demand, and it is one of the main reasons why BAE Systems Hägglunds choose engines from Scania.” − Niklas Byström, Purchaser at BAE Systems Hägglunds, manufacturer of military vehicle systems, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. “To me, reliability is a business philosophy – you should supply a product that is safe and works well. It also means having a good team to support the product.You have to be capable of supplying fast and efficient assistance, should something unexpected happen.” – Gloria Dalmau, Managing Director of shipbuilder Drassanes Dalmau, Barcelona, Spain. Customers on reliability Power_2008_05_22:Layout 1 08-05-29 15.59 Sida 11
<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=rshvv63d&gInitPage=12">08-02 THE POWER OF SCIENCE Sida 12 T heSpirit of P</a> ennekampleaves the dock at the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park three times a day, carrying 130 expectant visitors out to the Florida Keys Reef Tract. During the two and a half-hour tour they will get front-row views of the sharks, dolphins, manta rays and tropical fish that populate the reef through the boat’s glass bottom. Running 356 kilometres down the south-eastern coast of Florida, the Florida Keys Reef Tract is the third largest coral barrier in the world. It is home to more than 260 species of tropical fish and around 80 species of coral. The John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park was established in 1963 and is the United States’ first undersea park. The park, combined with adjacent Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, covers 178 nautical square miles of coral reefs, sea- grass beds and mangrove swamps and receives one million visitors a year. Delivered in 2000 by Breaux Brothers in Louisiana, the Spirit of Pennekampis an 18 metre- long, 8,53 metre-wide catamaran. Last year, she was repowered with twin 16-litre Scania engines. Scania engines meet requirements “Obviously, emission regulations were a major factor in our choice of engine due to the impact on the surrounding environment,” says Captain Rick Norling, Operations Manager at the Coral Reef Park Company, that owns and operates the park’s fleet, including the Spirit of Pennekamp. “Scania engines meet our requirements in this area.” So far, these are the only Scania engines in the company’s fleet, that apart from the Spirit of Pennekamp, comprises three snorkelling boats, one scuba diving boat and ten small rental boats. “But the way these engines are performing, it is possible we’ll get more,” adds Mr Norling. ■ Through the looking glass Visitors to John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park on Key Largo, off the coast of Florida, can enjoy the beach, stroll along wooden walkways through red mangrove wetlands or visit the 113,500-litre saltwater aquarium. But the main attraction is the coral reef, teeming with vibrant-coloured marine life, best seen from the Spirit of Pennekamp– the park’s flagship glass-bottom boat. Story: Åsa Larsbo Photos: John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park and istockphoto No. 2, 2008 Barracuda are among the more than 260 species of tropical fish that can be seen at the Florida Keys coral reef. Power_2008_05_22:Layout 1 08-05-29 15.59 Sida 12
