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The larger boards will use mass produced construction and agriculture engines (I work for John Deere, so while I can't speak for the company I can tell marine engines are important enough of a market that we consider their needs when designing a new engine).

The largest ships get custom built engines.



I work in the tugboat industry. A quite standard engine there is the EMD 645. That was never a "mass-produced automotive engine" and it is not custom.

Our smallest truckable tug uses John Deere engines. Everything else uses engines that would never fit in any automotive application.


Most marine engines in that size range are used in either rail, power generating or other stationary applications. The manufacturers aren't idiots. They're gonna get as many sales out of a design as they can.

Regardless, the point is they're not bespoke for your industry.


I am well aware of the other uses of these engines. I argued only with the assertion made about "automotive engines".




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