Cummins Vessel Reference #678 On the Rio Negro at Manaus. A thousand miles (1600 Kilometers) up the Amazon River the Port of Manaus has long attracted ocean going vessels. In the 19th Century they came for rubber, today the products are more varied with a duty-free zone generating additional commerce. Other ports along the Amazon may be for a single commodity such as soyabeans
October 09, 2013
Cummins Vessel Reference #714 The Diane Cenac on the Ohio River at Paducah Kentucky. (Jeff L Yates photo) Raymond Viguerie and, more recently his son Peter, have been building pushboats at a yard on a bayou just off the Itntacoastal Waterway that skirts the Gulf of Mexico. Their Intracoastal Ironworks sits between the bayou and the Bourg-LaRoxe Highway has recently expanded into the neighbori
October 07, 2013
Cummins Vessel Reference #712 The futuristic lines of the Royal Floatel. For harried executives, a marine cruise can offer an escape form a life of tight schedules and constant pressure. The need for a relaxing but luxurious environment was well known to the designers of M/V Royale Floatel. The Vijai Marine Shipyards, designed and carried out the conversion, from a dumb pontoon, of the Royale
September 25, 2013
Cummins Vessel Reference #710 The Orion Laxmi Goa, India’s Mandovi Drydocks has made significant contributions to the domestic boat building industry. A good example of this is the 43 by 10-meter off shore supply vessel M.V. Orion Laxmi owned by Orion Off Shore Services Pvt. Ltd. Stern view of the Orion Laxmi Delivered to her owners at the end of 2011 the vessel has a clear deck space of
September 18, 2013
Cummins Vessel Reference #709 The Sarah P back in the water. Shipyards along the coast of Louisiana have been turning out high-speed aluminum crew boats for several decades now. While ever larger and faster new vessels are being launched, many of the smaller older vessels continue to give good service in other waters. Trinidad Mooring & Launch has a fleet of vessels providing a range of
September 18, 2013
Cummins Vessel Reference #707 Ready for Work It is said that only about 2000 of the Philippine’s 7000 plus islands are inhabited. But that is a very large “only”. It is doubtful if any other country has greater need for ferries. A visit to the port of Cebu, with ferries ranging from out-rigger-fitted wooden boats (Bangka) to large steel cargo ferries crowding the harbor, shows just how varied i
September 17, 2013
Cummins Vessel Reference #706 The Mainport Cedar ready for work. On their web site, Mainport says, “All business is about interaction between people”. The firm, based in Cork Ireland, has demonstrated this throughout their business. These include a range of subsidiaries in diverse marine fields and diverse locations from South Africa to the Caspian and at home in Ireland. &
September 09, 2013
Cummins Vessel Reference #708 At 58 by 27 foot the Cerulean is about as big as Alaskan Limit boats can get. Captain and part owner Joshua Trosvig has replicated the very successful electronics of the group’s earlier boat, the Cynosure, these include a Simrad ES70 split beam sounder and a New Zealand-made multi-beam WASSP sonar. Trosvig has also brought his electronic files over to the new b
September 04, 2013
Cummins Vessel Reference #773 The Sebastian D ready for work. Houma, Louisiana-based Enterprise Mariner Services, LLC (EMS) operates with the motto “Safe, Efficient, Reliable”. With the addition of their eighth Z-drive towboat and the fourth from Sneed Shipbuilding, the goal of maintaining that excellence is ever more assured. The wheelhouse: Sebastion D As with the previous three, the 87 by
August 21, 2013
Cummins Vessel Reference #705 The Sound of Soay ready for launch. Their bright red hulls add emphasis to the pride expressed by the Cammell Laird Shipyard in the construction and launch of the sisters into the River Mersey at Birkenhead. The pair of 45-car ferries are heralded as the first complete vessels built at the yard in 20 years. Built on competitive bids and to the standards for which
August 12, 2013
Cummins Vessel Reference #704 A rendering of the FPSV40. Following delivery of the Bourbon Norte, their fourth 53-meter Fast Passenger/Supply Vessel, the French-based Piriou Shipyards have announced plans for a 41 by 8.2-meter version of the very successful design to be designated FPSV40. Piriou spokesperson Yannick Littoux explains that, “This vessel is a small sister for the 53-meter series
August 07, 2013
Cummins Vessel Reference #702 Seaspan’s Shore Mechanic Kevin Tweedy takes great pride in the quality of fleet maintenance at the company’s Vancouver base. “We replaced about 50-feet of bulwark around the stern on each side on the Seaspan Cutlass,” Shore Mechanic Kevin Tweedy said, “The old bulwarks were banged up and this makes the boat look better to our customers but more importantly it giv
July 24, 2013
Cummins Vessel Reference #701 The Ana Lucia ready to fish. “We are a 100% Peruvian company with a fishing tradition and entrepreneurial spirit. Our knowledge, transmitted from one generation to the next, originates from the direct experience of people closely linked to the sea and has been consolidated by the professionalism and commitment of a team of experts which works in e
July 24, 2013
Cummins Vessel Reference #703 Profile for a triple engined tug by Joseph Rodriguez. Bayou LaBatre Alabama has long been recognized for the production of its many shipyards. Currently the Rodriguez Shipyard is in the process of adding several more tugs to the dozens that they have launched over the decades. From the computer assisted design work of owner Joey Rodriguez, the latest creation is a
July 09, 2013
Cummins Vessel Reference #663 Built ABD Boat builders in North Vancouver. Delivered April 2012 Main engines 2 X Cummine KTA38 500/800 HP @ 1800 RPM, HRP Z-drives From time to time I come on a tug that has been so well thought out by her designer and put together with meticulous care by her builder, that no amount of photos can tell the whole story. As with most such tugs, the Renegade will be
June 11, 2013
Cummins Vessel Reference #700 Incat Crowther rendering of the Brazilian fast supply vessels. The Brazilian petroleum industry continues to set new standard for fleet expansion. This is demonstrated by the building of 12 aluminum 7200-HP fast supply vessels to a single order. They are being built at Estilaleiro ETP Engenharia Ltda. in Rio de Janeiro for two owners. Designed by I
June 11, 2013
Cummins Vessel Reference #697 The Lay Barge DLB 1600 The specifications are huge for Valentine Maritime’s new derrick equipped pipe laying barge. Accommodation for 300 people and a 1600-ton crane mounted on a 120 by 31.7 meter (393.6X104-foot) barge. VM’s DLB1600 was built over a three-year period at the Nanjing Tianshun Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., PRC. Registered in Panama, the barge has now been
May 15, 2013
Cummins Vessel Reference #698 The Swissco Cheetah delivered from Cheoy Lee's Zuhai shipyard photo courtesy of Cheoy Lee Shipyard. Hong Kong Based Cheoy Lee Shipyard recently delivered the first of two 36 by 7.6-meter crew boats from their shipyard in Zuhai China. Designed by Incat Crowther the Swissco Cheetah’s red mono-hull has capacity for 50 tons of cargo on its 94 square meter after deck.
May 14, 2013