Cummins Power for Peruvian Purse Seiner
Cummins Vessel Reference #701
“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 each one of the branches of the company.” So says the web page of the Peruvian anchovy fishing company Hayduk Corporation.
The company web page goes on to say, “The future presents itself to us as a world to conquer and we face it with major projects and placing ourselves in a leading position in tendencies and technology, always maintaining our essence as a company: as fishermen and Peruvians.”
An example of this commitment to maintaining a leading position in technology was demonstrated recently with the repower of one of their anchovy purse seiners with a modern Cummins KTA50 M2 main engine. The Ana Lucia is a 48.95 by 9.05-meter purse seiner with a 500-ton cargo capacity. As part of the company’s fleet of about 22 purse seiners, they also have six trawlers fishing hake, the Ana Lucia is an important contributor of anchovies both for direct human consumption and indirect human consumption by way of fish meal. This carefully regulated fishery is an important contributor to the Peruvian economy.
The repower of the Ana Lucia involved the removal of a Cat 3516 rated for 1600 HP at 1200 RPM and its replacement with the Cummins KTA50 M2 rated for continuous duty of 1600 HP at 1800 RPM. In order to keep the same four-blade 2166 m/m by 1748.94 propeller, that is optimized for the vessel, it was necessary to also change the gear from one with just under a 4:1 ratio to a Masson –ZF W7300 with a 6:1 ratio. This allowed for the significant increase in RPM with the new engine. With the new engine in place and general servicing, the Ana Lucia makes 12.5 knots running light and 11.5 knots with a full load.
Photos courtesy of Distribudora Cummins Perú SAC
For further information:
Hugo Huayanca Valverde
Lider de Mercado
Distribuidora Cummins Perú SAC
Tel: 511 614 7979 Extension: 8463
Cell: 99754 7811
E-mail: hugo.huayanca@cumminsperu.pe
Web: www.cumminsperu.pe
Olmedo Farfan
Marine Business Leader – Latin America
HHP Marine Business
4500 Leeds Ave.
Charleston, SC – USA
Tel: 843 745 1581
Cell: 843 298 4580
E-mail: olmedo.farfan@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.
