A Functional Power Barge
When it comes to selecting a design for a new series of vessels, the most important consideration is to recognize the craft’s purpose and develop a form to meet that function. Cooke Aquaculture in Atlantic Canada has a number of fish farms located in protected waters around the Maritime Provinces. Supplies and gear have to be transported between the farms and the shore.
To meet this demand they worked with Poseidon Marine Consultants Ltd to develop a 40- by 20-foot powered barge design. Evolved from an earlier vessel, three boats are building in steel with an aluminum house located forward and a flat deck aft. The vessel’s 4.5-foot molded depth provides buoyancy for significant loads while maintaining a relatively shallow draft. A Palfinger 18500M crane and two vertical capstans ease cargo and net handling.
A 280 HP Cummins QSL9 engine turning a 32X20-inch four-blade prop through a ZF305-3 gear with 2.5:1 ratio provides propulsion power. This gives the barge a speed of eight knots. The engines were supplied and installed by Philip Leblanc Diesel from Nova Scotia who also completed the installation review and sea- trials.
A 12.5 kW Phasor generator provides auxiliary power. Tankage is provided for 610 gallons of fuel and 315 gallons of water. The boat is designed for a crew or four and has capacity for a ten-ton deck cargo.
The first of a four boat series, the KCS Emerald, will be delivered in July or 2019.
Photos courtesy of A.F. Theriault
For further information:
Stephen F. Allt
Cummins Eastern Canada
50 Simmonds Drive
Dartmouth,
Nova Scotia, B3B 1R3
E-mail: Stephen.f.allt@Cummins.com
A.F. Theriault & Son Ltd.
P.O. Box 10
1 d'Entremont Road
Meteghan River
Nova Scotia
B0W 2L0 Canada
Phone: 902.645.2327
Fax: 902.645.2174
Poseidan Marine Conslutants Ltd.
154 Hampton Rd, Suite 104
Rothesay, NB E2E 2R3
Phone: (506) 651-5588
E-mail: office@pmcl.cawww.pmcl.ca
Scott O’Rourque
Cooke Aquaculture
+ 506 755-1469
Jennifer McQuilken
Marketing Communications, Marine and Oil & Gas
Cummins Inc.
4400 Leeds Ave. Suite 300
Charleston, SC 2940
E-mail: Jennifer.McQuilken@Cummins.com
Phone: +1 843-696-9534 (call or text)
Alan Haig-Brown
A. Haig-Brown & Assoc. Ltd.
New Westminster, BC,
Canada,
Phone: 604 377 1577
E-mail: alan@haig-brown.com
web: www.haigbrown.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.
