Who: Canadian Coast Guard
What: MTU Series 4000 M93L
Why: Challenging power density, size, efficiency, performance and maintenance requirements with MTU marine engines
Where: Canada’s maritime borders
Image courtesy of Irving Shipbuilding Inc.
Canada
The Canadian Coast Guard’s Mid-Shore
Patrol Vessels, the workhorses of Canada’s maritime security program, are powered by
MTU Series 4000 engines. The first MTU engine to enter the Canadian Coast Guard fleet, the MTU 12V 4000 M93L, was chosen for its optimal power-to-weight ratio and proven performance during extreme federal test requirements. Thanks to its massive footprint and strategic partnerships,
Canada’s MTU distributor, Wajax Power
Systems, offers the agency coast-to-coast support for the fleet’s nine ships stationed in Canadian waters.
Up to 120 nautical miles offshore of Canada’s borders, you’ll find the bobbing navigation lights of Canada’s maritime security program’s crown jewels—its fleet of Mid-Shore Patrol Vessels
(MSPV). The nine-vessel MSPV fleet, powered by MTU 12V 4000 M93L engines, patrols
Canada’s maritime border, interdicting national threats and fishery regulation infringements in the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence Seaway and on Canada’s Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. smuggling and fish poaching. The MSPV is the primary platform of the joint Canadian Coast
Guard (CCG) and the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police’s Marine Security Enforcement Team, and is the first of several major projects to be undertaken as part of the Canadian Coast
Guard’s long-term fleet renewal initiative.
The vessels enhance Canada’s national security by responding to potential threats and addressing water enforcement requirements by seizing, recovering, storing and transporting illegal fishing gear and contraband, and discouraging
Niche power solution
The MSPV project is MTU’s breakthrough engine project for the Canadian Coast Guard. At the project’s nascence in summer 2009, MTU marine engines were chosen to fit the niche performance, weight and physical size requirements shortly after the contract was awarded to Irving Shipbuilding Inc.
Louis Blouin, director at Wajax Power Systems
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Twin MTU 12V Series 4000 M93L marine propulsion engines can propel the Canadian Coast Guard’s Mid-Shore Patrol Vessels at a full load of 25 knots for 24 hours.
Image courtesy of Irving Shipbuilding Inc.
“The Canadian Coast Guard originally considered a different engine manufacturer to power the MSPV fleet, but quickly recognized the project required a lighter engine with a different weight-to-power ratio,” said Louis
Blouin, general manager at Wajax Power
Systems. “In the end, it was MTU’s advanced technology offerings that won the bid. The weight-to-power factor of the MTU 12V 4000
M93L and its ability to fit in a very confined space was much more suitable for the project’s design.”
Engineered for a low operating noise level and designed to offer superior performance, MTU’s
Series 4000 marine engines are perfectly suited for the MSPV fleet’s demanding job description.
The Series 4000’s advanced technology ensures security on the water with exceptional fuel efficiency, long service life and unrivaled power density compared to other engines in its class.
Rigorous federal testing
Each vessel in the fleet is named in honor of the Canadian Coast Guard’s personnel of commemorative vessels. Since the MSPV is responsible for Canada’s national maritime security, it is subject to rigorous government performance regulations, and limited the entire installation to 5,000 horsepower.
a certification that the engines can perform with a full load—25 knots for 16 hours—to test engine durability, fuel consumption and performance in extreme conditions,” said Jozsef G. Misek,
MTU sales specialist for government and naval business.
Coast-to-coast support
In fall 2010, the MSPV project commenced with a steel cutting ceremony to honor the beginning of construction of the first vessel, the CCGS Private Robertson V.C
. As of October
2014, the ninth and final ship, CCGS Captain
Goddard M.S.M.
, had been delivered. The
MSPV fleet is scattered across Canada’s maritime boundaries —from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, the Great Lakes to the Saint
Lawrence Seaway. Wajax Power Systems, the project’s MTU distributor, offers the Coast
Guard coast-to-coast maintenance support thanks to their vast Canadian presence, which includes strategic partnerships with Cullen,
MTU’s West Coast Canadian distributor.
“Thanks to our partnership we’re able to offer top-of-the-line maintenance support from
Newfoundland to the Yukon Territory,” said
Blouin.
“The project required a power solution that met significant weight restrictions, precise power requirements, and could achieve a federal performance certification. Since it was for the
Coast Guard, the project was required to obtain
The pairing of advanced technology from MTU and a robust support network from Wajax Power
Systems have made a strong introduction to the
Canadian Coast Guard’s shipyard, and solidified a sturdy relationship for future marine sales.
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