Cummins Case Studies
According to Wikipedia, “Indonesia has a total land area of 1,904,569 square kilometres (735,358 sq mi), Including 93,000 square kilometres (35,908 sq mi) of inland seas (straits, bays, and other bodies of water). The additional surrounding sea areas bring Indonesia's generally recognized territory (land and sea) to about 5 million km2.” The nation of over 17,000 islands has 54,720 km (34,000 m
In September 2018, a 17-by-5 meter catamaran completed its final tests in the Tigre Delta of the Tigre on the Parana River near Buenos Aires, Argentina prior to its delivery to her Chilean owners. The cat was designed by Eng. Emilio Noel and built by Astilleros Unidelta SA. which has a well-established reputation in a wide range of steel and aluminum workboats. The yard has a plant located in B
Paraguay’s Tsuneishi Shipyard, a subsidiary of the Japanese firm of the same name, recently delivered the powerful towboat Tebicuary 3 to her owners Navegación del Sur S.A. (Navesur) in June of 2018. The new vessel is a near sister-ship to the 2015-delivered Ceasar Primo for a different owner. The newer vessel will also work on the Paraguay-Paraná River system that provides marine access to lar
Cummins Vessel Reference #818 At work on the river. Most visitors to Bangkok will experience a ride on the Chao Phraya Express boats. These long, sleek, wooden, commuter boats, with their dramatically raked bows, are a staple of the river’s traffic. They can also be very crowded and, with many stops, a bit of a challenge to the tourist. A popular alternative is the tourist boats. These vessel
Cummins Vessel Reference #839 As the crane swing on its 60-foot diameter ring, the tug had to be lifted to clear winches and containers on the barge deck. The ownership of the Canadian firm Island Tug and Barge has changed with the purchase by the US parent company Tidewater Inc. The firm is now known as Island Tug. https://www.islandtug.com/ The second tug, with the hull a
Cummins Vessel Reference #840 I profile the Fathom offers a pleasingly capable look. Contemporary composite cruisers are designed so similarly that finding your boat in a crowded marina can be a challenge. Such will not be a problem for owners of the latest incarnation of the well-regarded Fathom 40 and 43. Builder Roy Parkingson at the galley table. Long t
Cummins Vessel Reference #592 Tennessee’s Serodino, Inc. recently built one of their popular Tiger class push boats for their own use. The M/V Charger, like others in the class, is 51.5 by 22.5-feet with a 5-foot 6-inch draft. The hull is constructed of 3/8-inch plate with 1/2-inch plate over the propellers and bilge knuckles. Designed in house, the boat is a sister to a number that the company
Cummins Vessel Reference #838 The new skiff headed out for sea trials with Cummins and Rozema reps. Dirk Rozema’s grandfather, Alle, was building wooden power skiffs with gas Chrysler Crown engines a few years after he arrived from the Netherlands in 1949. After his son, Clarence, joined the family’s Bayview Washington business, they tried a few diesel powered steel skiffs aro
Cummins Vessel Reference #836 Wise visitors to Bangkok will be sure to take a Chao Phraya river cruise past the spectacular Temple of the Dawn, Wat Arun, and the glories of the golden spired Grand Palace. The ultimate way to do this is on a dinner cruise with a buffet of the celebrated Thai food. This has become such a popular experience that the river at night becomes a spectacular para
Cummins Vessel Reference #834 When Ray Wadsworth’s Kodiak Marine Construction of Squim, Washington built the FV Order of Magnitude in 1990, fuel was cheap and roe herring prices were high. Wadsworth wanted an edge on the competition and bought it by installing a 3000 HP gas turbine in his new 58 by 14.5-foot aluminum seiner. Minutes can make a difference in getting in position to
Cummins Vessel Reference #833 With over 2000 inhabited islands among a total of 7000, the Philippines are a natural location for a ferry business. Until the 1990s, the Oceanjet’s parent company was in the business of barging heavy cargos between islands, but an opportunity to purchase a fast ferry started them on another path. With the purchase of Ocean Jet 1, their f
Cummins Vessel Reference #832 After 60,000 hours of service, crab fisherman Robert Ross decided that his 19-liter Cummins 1150M had earned a rest. The 500 HP engine had been a perfect match for his 72 by 26-foot aluminum boat so he ordered up a new Cummins KTA19-M3 at 500 HP, continuous duty, from his local supplier Cummins Sales and Service in Fredericton, New Brunswick, in easte
Cummins Vessel Reference #830 The Island of Zanzibar and others in the group are located just off the coast of Tanzania and have, for thousands of years, been a destination for adventure, beauty and trade. The earliest Arab traders brought the skills of dhow building and, along with this, a great appreciation of quality boats. While dhows are still built in Zanzibar, the owners of Azam Mar
Cummins Vessel Reference #829 The Assateague along side at the builder, Conrad Industries in Orange, Texas. Her JAK 700 coupler is visible forward. Vane Brothers Company has undergone spectacular growth over the past three decades. The firm continues to expand its fleet with new construction. This February the marine transportation company took delivery of the first of three n
Cummins Vessel Reference #590 In April Bollinger Shipyard delivered the first of their 234-foot class of Cummins-powered Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) to their sister company, Bee Mar Inc. The shipyard started building this series of vessels in 2008 and delivered the first in the series to the newly formed Bee Mar LLC in June of 2009. A Bee Mar press release at the time sai
Cummins Vessel Reference #589 On many of Europe’s inland waterways, the limit to cargo capacity is not so much about horsepower but it is the limit imposed on the vessel by the size of the locks that it has to transit. With the largest vessels, along with their additional barges, designed to maximize available space in the locks it is necessary to get the unit into the lock and stopped up w
Cummins Vessel Reference #827 US Navy Work Boat Medium. The US Navy has some spectacular vessels from submarines to high speed RIBs. They also have dedicated ports and support facilities worldwide. A practical reality of all of this is that the Navy requires efficient and handy boats to support the warhorses. To meet this requirement John Myers of the naval architect firm Hocke
Cummins Vessel Reference #750 A skilled crane operator fits the engine between the sidewall of the dry dock and the hull. When a tightly scheduled repower, for the Kodiak-based trawler Sea Mac in early December, took a very bad turn Mike Fourtner used his 25 years of fishing experience and leadership to pull together a team at Cummins Northwest to solve the problem. For the past year, Mike Fo