Svitzer Pilot Boat For Dongara Marine

Obviously in the extreme conditions that north west WA has, it was essential that the vessel maintain a cool engine room and peak operating conditions. Marine Air Fl ow designed and manufactured a system to achieve just that.

Powered by twin 900Kw (1200 hp) volve Penta Inboard Performance System engines, this amazing new design will be able to achieve a top speed of 36 knots. Fully loaded. Dongara Marine are always impressive in their designs and construction and this vessel is no different.

These hot and dry conditions meant that it was essential to not just cope with the salt mist and spray but also to maintain an operable engine room temperature.

To do this we designed a system that included:

air intake grilles,
outlet grilles,
high volume DC fans with inbuilt VSD's,
survey quality stainless steel air dampers,
actuators for those dampers,
finger guards for the dampers and
our new gravity assisted rollover closures that were fitted to the grilles.

For those of you who might not know, Brad is actually from Geraldton and spent a lot of time in Dongara when he was younger. Dongara Marine produce such quality vessels and we are always very excited to be able to contribute to the ongoing lifespan of these boats.

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