Cummins Vessel Reference #628 F/V Alaskan Star Just as America’s Cup racers spent decades tuning the near perfect design formula of the 12-meter boats required by that event, so to have fishermen fine tuned the 58-foot Alaskan Limit seiner. The latest incarnation resulting from decades of evolution for this highly adaptable vessel underwent sea trials this month at Reedsport, Oregon. Twenty
June 08, 2011
Cummins Vessel Reference #625 Marsun's 40-meter crew boat. Thailand’s Marsun Co. Ltd. has built a reputation for quality high speed patrol craft and crewboats. Having built a number of their in-house designed 36-meter crewboats, they launched a 40-meter version earlier this year. Delivered in February the Uniexpress 18 went into service in the Gulf of Thailand for owner Uniwise Offshore Ltd.
May 17, 2011
Cummins Vessel Reference #627 Most Americans will recall an iconic automobile engine from their youth. It might be an early 1950s Ford V-8 flat head or a 1970s Dodge 426 Hemi. Over the decades other engines have been added to the list. In a similar fashion mariners have identified classic marine diesels. One such is the Cummins 38-liter 2300-cu. inch engine known over the years as the KT
May 11, 2011
Cummins Vessel Reference #626 Profile of site clearance vessel. It looks like a typical Gulf of Mexico double-rigged shrimp trawler. However at 110 by 28-feet she will be bigger than most shrimpers. Like her sister, the Poncho, delivered in 2009 (see Cummins Hotips#576), the new vessel is also built with robust framing and extra power. Like the Poncho, the as yet unnamed vessel, will be trawl
May 11, 2011
Cummins Vessel Reference #622 M/V Stanford Established in 1997 as the vessel owning and operating branch of the United Arab Emirates-based Stanford Marine Group, Stanford Marine is in the midst of a major fleet expansion. In 2009 the firm acquired five vessels and acquired a company that had ten vessels on order including six new 58-meter off shore supply vessels. This brought
April 19, 2011
Cummins Vessel Reference #617 The gambling ship Casino Royale. In 2011 Goa’s most elaborate floating casino will celebrate three years of successful operation on the Indian province’s Mandovi River. The M/V Casino Royale wss designed by AMC Marcon of Mumbai and her builder Water Ways Shipyard with the lines of a small cruise ship. The ship has capacity for up to 400 passengers
April 13, 2011
Cummins Vessel Reference #621 New tug and barge at the Bahtera Bahari Shipyard. As with many businesses in Southeast Asia, the Bahtera Bahari Shipyard on Indonesia’s Batam Island is a family business. Although the present company was founded only recently, in 2005, the family’s association with the marine world of Indonesia extends back several decades. One of four children Ms. Tresya, the o
April 12, 2011
Cummins Vessel Reference #624 The French have long been noted for their marriage of art and design. The latest design for a Fast Support Intervention Vessel (FSIV) demonstrates this once again. Artist’s renderings of the vessel currently under construction at Piriou’s South East Asia Shipyard (SEAS) show a sleek hull. From the nearly plumb bow to the trim stern the look promises speed and claim
April 05, 2011
Cummins Vessel Reference #623 SUDA 300-L3 While most boats have to find shelter or tough it out in heavy weather, the lift boat simply jacks up her hull and avoids the waves. Conventional vessels are often defined by their hull length, but it is the length of the jacking legs that is the significant number for lift boats. Having recently delivered a
April 05, 2011
Cummins Vessel Reference #620 Eight 23.5-meter tugs under construction at the Nongsa Jaya shipyard. Tucked into a sheltered cove on the northwest corner of Batam Island, Nongsa Jay Buana Shipyard is approached via a short causeway and a road built into the reddish earth of Indonesia’s Batam Island. On entering the yard, the car passes an area of land that is dominated by a ser
March 16, 2011
Cummins Vessel Reference #618 Peacock Satu along side in Singapore. With literally dozens of their high-speed vessels already working, Australian-based Strategic Marine continues production in several shipyards. A recent visit to Strategic Marine’s Singapore shipyard revealed their compact 28 by 7-meter version ready for work while three sisters were taking shape in the building shed. Cum
March 16, 2011
Cummins Vessel Reference #619 Penguin staffer looks at a Pelican boat. Pelican Offshore Services Pte Ltd (POS), established in 1997, operates a fleet of Fast Supply Intervention Vessels (FSIV) as well as anchor handling Tug/Supply Vessels in support of the offshore oil and gas industry mainly in Southeast Asia. Their fleet of FSIVs carry rig crews and light freight cargos. Wor
March 09, 2011
Cummins Vessel Reference #614 Ready for work. The shipyards of Sarawak are particularly adept at meeting the demands of multiple tug orders. Kian Juan Dockyard in Miri is currently in the midst of a ten-boat order all of which are built to the same design. As of late January this year two units had been delivered and six were scheduling for sea trails. The balance of two units had already be
February 22, 2011
Cummins Vessel Reference #613 The Teknik Wira is outfitted with a derrick and moon pool. Sapor Shipbuilding Industries Sdn Bnd. kept busy though 2010 delivering a range of new vessels including the handsome geotechnical vessel, Teknik Wira, from the boards of Wartsila Ship Design Singapore Pte Ltd. With her raised fo’c’sle and well-proportioned housework she presents a powerful presence that
February 16, 2011
Cummins Vessel Reference #616 The Dutch town of Dordrecht was granted city rights in 1220 as its importance as a trading port continued to grow. Goods from the Dutch empire were transferred to river vessels here and the city grew wealthy. Later, much of the deep-sea trade moved to the nearby port of Rotterdam which resulted in heavy bombing during World War II with the destruction of many histo
February 09, 2011
Cummins Vessel Reference #615 Sea trials A recent delivery from the yard of Eastern Marine Shipbuilding in Sibu, East Malaysia is a further indication of the growing technical sophistication of the Sarawak yards. The 60 by 16-meter Offshore Surveyor is designed by Wartsila Ship Design of Singapore. To do her survey work the Malaysian-registered vessel is fitted with 2.4-meter-
February 09, 2011
Cummins Vessel Reference #611 Dignitaries attending the launch of the Port Belo II No doubt the truest testament to the success of a vessel is the building of a sister ship. That has recently been demonstrated by the owners of the Porto Belo I that was launched in May of 2008. (Cummins Hotips#504) The company, Maritima MDQ S.A., returned to the same builder, Astillero Naval Fe
January 19, 2011
Cummins Vessel Reference #634 M/V Christopher In the ongoing work at reducing emissions in California and especially in the Long Beach/Los Angeles Ports, there have been a number of innovations. These have ranged from shore power for visiting ships to regulations of container trucks and container handling equipment to the Cummins-powered hybrid Foss docking tug. In keeping with the agenda, D
January 12, 2011