David Taylor

David Taylor has been trapping lobsters for 50 of his 64 years, and he can’t imagine another life for himself. The Maine resident is so enamoured of his Crowley Beal 33 boat that in addition to using it for work he often spends his vacations on it. “I’ve also been known to come back from work, shower, and head right out again,” he says. “It doesn’t get better than that!”

Taylor built his 33-footer in 2008 from the ground up and with the aim of making it as light as possible. Many of the components on the 12,000-pound (5,455 kilogram) boat include foam. Building such a lightweight boat and equipping it with a powerful engine was important to Taylor, who combines his livelihood with a penchant for racing competitions.

“The Scania 650 hp diesel engine is really powerful and dependable, and it can take quite bit of pounding,” he says. “It has awesome power when you put the hammer down.

“The engine is very good on fuel too,” he says, “and it’s amazing what the oil filter traps. The oil looks clean until you take that filter out. Also, I applied white gelcoat to the inside of the exhaust pipe, and it’s still white.”

Taylor also appreciates the engine’s design, including easy accessibility to the coolant pump’s impeller. “Scania certainly thought of all the things that need to be attended to and made it easy to get at them.”

Scott Jackson servicing engines for auxiliary power on yacht in Miami, USA.

Scania develops, manufactures and delivers engines to industrial OEMs over the whole world, e.g. for dumpers, material handling and other heavy applications. A substantial part of this equipment operates in North America.

Scania’s strategy is to continually develop and extend its global service network to support operators of equipment powered by Scania. Uptime is crucial for these customers’ business, as well as for their customers, and they can always depend on Scania for support.

Miami based fishing charter boat "Limited Edition" repowered with two Scania 16-litre marine engines.

During 2010, Scania USA Inc. has achieved the biggest-ever increase in the number of service points and today more than 120 new industrial engine service points have signed up. The locations of the service points have been chosen to provide the best possible geographical coverage.

Lars Eklund, Global Service Director, Scania Engines.

“We have been working hard and are now ready to provide world-class support in North America,” says Lars Eklund, Global Service Director, Scania Engines.

“Scania is looking forward to a long-term relationship with Kohler Power Systems. This cooperation is yet another proof that Scania’s engines fulfil the performance and reliability requirements for engines in marine genset applications. It also constitutes a major step for Scania into the North American market,” says Mikael Lindner, Sales Director for the marine segment, Scania Engines.

Kohler, a major global actor, has been manufacturing marine generators for the pleasure craft, mega yacht, sports fishing as well as commercial marine markets for nearly 90 years and has expanded its service and support network to more than 600 locations worldwide.

Kohler Power Systems recently launched a new line of diesel-powered marine generators at the International workboat show in New Orleans. Kohler is expanding its product range to include 350 and 500 kW generators. Both will be powered by Scania engines. Kohler’s marine generators are designated EOZC (60 Hz) and EFOZC (50 Hz). At the exhibition Kohler displayed the Scania 12-litre engine in its 350 kW marine genset and Scania exhibited its range of marine engines.

For further information, please contact:
- Mikael Lindner, Sales Director, Scania Engines, phone +46 8 553 50869
- Per Backteman, President, Scania USA Inc, phone +1 210 403 0007
- Kristina Axelson, Communications, Scania Engines, phone +46 8 553 81360.

Scania is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks and buses for heavy transport applications, and of industrial and marine engines. A growing proportion of the company’s operations consists of products and services in the financial and service sectors, assuring Scania customers of cost-effective transport solutions and maximum uptime. Employing 35,000 people, Scania operates in about 100 countries. Research and development activities are concentrated in Sweden, while production takes place in Europe and South America, with facilities for global interchange of both components and complete vehicles. In 2007, invoiced sales totalled SEK 84.5 billion and net income amounted to SEK 8.6 billion.