Cummins Vessel Reference #571 Penguin’s recently delivered Hull #162. Photo courtesy of Penguin. The design and building of a modern aluminum crew boat involves a lot of people and careful planning. At Penguin Marine in Singapore the 17 vessels of their 36-meter crewboat demonstrate their success in working closely with key members of the supplier team. In coordination with Penguin’s expecta
November 12, 2009
Cummins Vessel Reference #570 Esvagat Capri at ASL Marine, Singapore If there is a slowing in the marine industries no one told the people at ASL Marine in Singapore. Among other projects the shipyard is building a series of Roto Tugs, a series of large PSVs and a 60-meter dive support vessel. In November ASL was nearing completion of another in their series of di
November 11, 2009
Cummins Vessel Reference #568 The Hanseatic, Photo courtesy of Cummins Holland B.V. The Hanseatic League was a highly successful trading alliance among northern European cities from the 13th to the 17th centuries. Some German cities continue to maintain an association under that name. Now the name Hanseatic is proudly emblazoned on the bow of a powerful inland-river boat built in the Netherla
October 22, 2009
Cummins Vessel Reference #569 Kitty Fox II, Photo courtesy of South China Shipyard This past September the South China Shipyard located at Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, China delivered another in their successful series of 4400 HP, 42 by 11-meter anchor handling tugs. The Kitty Fox II is classed BV 1 +HULL +Mach Special Service Multi-purpose AHT unrestricted navigation; the vessel is one o
October 15, 2009
Cummins Vessel Reference #567 Thai-built tin dredges working in Indonesian waters. Photo by Khun Wanchai. According to some reports, the world’s first mining operation in the world to use vessels for dredging ore from the sea bottom was developed in 1907 by Australian Edward Miles. He dredged the sea bottom around Thailand’s modern tourist island of Phuket to recover tin, which had been mined
October 15, 2009
Cummins Vessel Reference #566 Colibri 1, photo courtesy of Strategic Marine In the midst of a significant down turn in the worldwide demand for new crewboats, Strategic Marine is delivering vessels from their Singapore shipyard as well as their new Mexican yard. Recently delivered from the Singapore shipyard the 31 by 7.5–meter crew boat Colibri I. Built for Indonesia’s Baruna Raya Logistics
September 17, 2009
Cummins Vessel Reference #565 Arne Christiansen, photo courtesy of Steiner Shipyard The final, for now, delivery in a series of four 120×34-foot 3200-HP Z-drive towboats was completed at Steiner Shipyard in Alabama. The innovative vessels were built for Southern Towing of Memphis Tennessee. As with the other three vessels the Arne Christiansen is powered by a pair of Tier 2 compliant Cummins
September 17, 2009
Cummins Vessel Reference #564 Seabed Worker, Photo courtesy of Seabed AS/Cummins Norway AS Mariners have become accustom to seeing ever more complex and sophisticated vessels launched in support of the petroleum exploration industry. A new level was set this year when the Norwegian yard Fjellstrand AS launched the multi-purpose offshore vessel Seabed Worker for Seabed AS of Be
September 17, 2009
Cummins Vessel Reference #562 Towboat Sotara, photo courtesy of Cummins Andes The Rio Magdelena flows north through Colombia to discharge into the Caribbean at Barranquilla. It is navigable for several hundred kilometers above that coastal city. Utilizing shallow draft push boats the Naviera Fluvial Colombiana SA has the capacity to move one million tonnes of oil per year in addition to 700,0
September 09, 2009
Cummins Vessel Reference #561 The Angela Jean on her maiden voyage south bound on the Ohio River near Golconda, Illinois. Photo by Jeff L. Yates, courtesy of Cummins Marine. Waxler Transportation Co. has taken delivery of the fourth in a series of five 3200 HP pushboats. The latest sister, the Angela Jean, was delivered to Secor’s inland transport subsidiary in July of this ye
August 13, 2009
Cummins Vessel Reference #560 An artist's rendering of the new vessels. The Henderson Australia-based boat builder Strategic Marine has operated a boat building facility in Singapore for a number of years. In May and June they launched a pair of the 40-meter crew boats there. In February this year they held the official opened a new yard in Vung Tau City Vietnam. At the same t
August 05, 2009
Cummins Vessel Reference #575 The Estaleiro Rio Maguari, a shipyard in the District of Icoaraci in Belem, the capital of the State of Para in the Amazon estuary has an extensive list of delivered barges and boats. The yard has recently delivered a 4000 HP Z-drive harbour tug for Hermasa Navegação da Amazônia SA. The owners are a part of Hermasa a large producer of soy
March 31, 2009