Cummins Case Studies

Cummins Vessel Reference #603 On many older boats from the UK to Canada, and from Thailand to Hong Kong the deep purr of a well-tuned Gardner diesel wakens fond memories for many mariners. When the British firm discontinued production of their engines in the early 1990s mariners had to choose another manufacturers to meet their expectations for quality. In Hong Kong this was made easier by the

Cummins Vessel Reference #605 A 2700 ton tanker.   In Asian ports like Hong Kong and Singapore it is usual to see a cluster of small coastal tankers anchored off to one side. Unlike the big crude carriers, these little ships carry refined products throughout the area to supply the small ports and harbours. Relatively unheralded they are often launched and go into service with ou

Cummins Vessel Reference #601   A couple of months ago I sent out a longer article on Island Tug’s repower of their vessel Island Defender. At the time I promised some shots of the finished engine room. On September 13 I took the attached photos, as I will not be in Vancouver on September 15 when sea trials take place.   When I visited the boat earlier one of the engine r

Cummins Vessel Reference #602   Brazil is one of the bright spots for shipyards in the current global ecomomy. The Industria Naval do Ceará S. A.– INACE has been making a name for itself as a quality producer since the 1960s. The yard is located in Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil and is a leading builder of steel and aluminum yachts for both the domestic and US markets. The yard is a

Cummins Vessel Reference #600   Tugs have a way of moving around over the years. While the Indonesians bult copious numbers of tugs them selves the government run port operator PT. Pelabuhan Indonesia III is the owner of a fine big Dutch-built tug KT Anoman V. Built in the early 1990s the tug has undergone some modifications and now has three fire monitors in addition to extra bow f

Cummins Vessel Reference #599 The Pass Christian at the Smithland Lock. photo by Jeff L. Yates   Already the operator of the largest fleet of inland tank barges on US inland waters, Kirby Marine Transportation, has recently added twelve more push boats to its fleet. The twelfth in a series of sister vessels was delivered from Raymond and Associates of Bayou LaBatre, Alabama in l

Cummins Vessel Reference #598 Franklin Offshore International Pte Ltd, is a global offshore service provider with headquarter in Singapore and facilities in Azerbaijan, USA, South Korea, Indonesia, UK, Australia, Malaysia and Qatar.. Franklin works closely with: oil majors; rig owners and offshore contractors. The company has grown from its origins in South-East Asia and now has operations spanni

Cummins Vessel Reference #597 AVRA Towage Adds to Fleet With the July delivery of the tug Northwind, the Rotterdam-based firm Avra Towage is now operating a fleet of six tugs with a seventh under construction. Three of the Company’s original five-boat fleet have Cummins main engines, so it was an easy choice to go with Cummins engines for the Northwind. However, where the others have 2400 HP

Cummins Vessel Reference #596 When Holcim (US) Inc. began construction of their new state-of-the-art plant in 2006 they wanted it to be a model of environmental sustainability. The plant and quarry in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri on the Mississippi River about 40 miles south of St. Louis would occupy only 1,700 acres of the 3,900-acres site, with the balance preserved as a conservation ease

Cummins Vessel Reference #593   Since 1980, PT Dumas Tanjung Perak Shipyard in East Java has build dozens of vessels for various departments of the Indonesian Government. Their most recent delivery, the Hiu Macan Turul 401, was designed and built for the Department Kelautan Dan Perkanan.   The vessel’s 42.5 length and seven-meter beam provides accommodation for up to 18 p

Cummins Vessel Reference #595   The Italian firm of An.DoFe. Shipping Management s.r.l. was founded in 2007 by Rino Barretta. With 25 years of experience in towage firms, he quickly acquired two ocean going tugs. One of these, the China new build anchor handler Independence was powered by a pair of Cummins QSK60 M engines giving the vessel 4400 HP and a bollard pull in excess of 68

Cummins Vessel Reference #594   A major concern in moving live fish from hatchery to farm or from the farm to a processor by boat has been the danger of transmission of disease or sea lice. The Norwegians have long taken leadership both in the development of farms and in acknowledging such concerns.   With two cargo wells having a total volume of 2750 cubic meters, the re

Cummins Vessel Reference #591   If you put one of the world’s leading designers of escort tugs together with a premier aluminum boat builder you will get an exceptional aluminum escort tug. This is a distinctly different vessel from the big Robert Allan Ltd. designed docking and escort tugs that fill the pages of marine publications worldwide. The BRAtt project evolved from the succ

Cummins Vessel Reference #586 Angico pushing on the Amazon. Cummins photo Transdorada Transportes LTDA, a towboat operator on Brazil’s Amazon River, has recently taken delivery of a number of Cummins-powered push boats. These include two 19.5-meter boats with twin Cummins KTA19-M3 engines each delivering 600 HP and a single 19.5-meter pushboat with a single KTA19-M3 engine. All three vessels

Cummins Vessel Reference #588 Photos courtesy of Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding: The pilot boat Calcasieu Pass Pilot at speed on calm waters.   In America, deep-V hulls are synonymous with the late C. Raymond Hunt who founded the firm with current president John Deknatel in the 1960s. The Deep-V hull has been a mainstay of the company ever since. According to the company web page,

Cummins Vessel Reference #585 After treatment of emissions on the M/S Anda. Engine manufacturers and their engineer teams have put a great deal of thought and money into reducing emissions in recent years. As limitations, particularly in the US and Europe became more stringent, the engineers tuned the engine design with everything from electronic injectors to redesigned combustion chambers.

Cummins Vessel Reference #584 A Cummins QSK60-D(M) powered 1,700 kW emergency generator ready for shipment from the STX facility in Korea. Photo courtesy of STX. Relative to the huge MAN B&W ship engines manufactured at the STX Engine Company factory on the southern coast of South Korea, their emergency generators are small in size. But in the event of a crisis on a deep-sea container, bu