Cummins Marine Case Studies

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