Brazil’s Inace Shipyard Delivers Second GPA FSV
Cummins Vessel Reference #660
The second Guido Perla & Associates designed fast supply vessel has been delivered from Brazil’s Inace Shipyard. Named Siem Carajás, the 50-meter (164-foot) by 10-meter aluminum vessel features a large forward cargo shelter. There is also a large 28.5 by 7.8-meter open after deck. Liquid capacities include: ships fuel 22 m3, cargo fuel oil 64.6 m3, ship’s potable water 17.4 m3, potable water cargo 65 m3. Deck cargo capacity is 250 metric tons. The maximum design speed, light boat, is 25 knots with a 21-knot service speed when 175 mt DWT. Maximum deadweight is 350 mt.
Four Cummins KTA50-M2 each delivering 1800 HP at 1900 RPM to 1.2-meter propellers through Twin Disc gears provide propulsion. A pair of Cummins-powered 99 kW generators meets the vessel’s electrical needs.
For further information:
Alan Haig-Brown
A. Haig-Brown & Assoc. Ltd.
New Westminster, B.C., Canada
CAN Mobile: 604 377 1577
Web: www.haigbrown.com | www.westcoastfisherman.net
Waldemar Marchetti Sobrinho
Marine Business Executive Manager – South America & Mexico
Phone: 55 11 2186 4778
Mobile: 55 11 7609 1033
E-mail: waldemar.m.sobrinho@cummins.com
Alan Haig-Brown
Over 30 years as an author for global commercial marine and fishing publications backed with hands-on experience on commercial fishing boats and coastal freighters makes Alan Haig-Brown uniquely qualified to provide vessel reference articles for Cummins Marine. You can find him in shipyards around the world, and on his own website, www.haig-brown.com.
