Cummins Case Studies

Cummins Vessel Reference #798   When Gustavo Galeano first started up the engine after his new boat, Don Franco, was launched in the spring of 2015 he was greeted by a familiar sound. The solid throbbing of the 600-HP, Cummins KTA19 main engine reminded him of the Cummins engine in his father’s boat. The connection over generations is of great importance to commercial fishermen who

Cummins Vessel Reference #789     The Brutus alongside for commissioning ceremonies.   In May of 2016 the Argentinian-designed and built 28.77 by 10.2-meter ASD tug Brutus went to work in the Harbor at Buenos Aries. This marked a milestone in Argentinian maritime affairs, as it is, at 5,400 HP, the most powerful ship-handling tug in the country.  

Cummins Vessel Reference #796 An outboard profile for the three Cummins-powered ATB building for Vane Bros. The bold blue “V” logo emblazoned on the green-banded white stack continues to proliferate on American waterways. Vane Brothers Company has been expanding its fleet with new construction. Recently the marine transportation company announced a contract for three ATB tugs to be built at the

Cummins Vessel Reference #795 A rendering of the Global Provider to by launched in early 2017.   We wanted a vessel that would allow us to quickly and efficiently serve our diesel and lube oil customers in Puget Sound” explained Maxum Petroleum’s Mike Curry of the new 126-foot product tanker that the firm is having built. “We have 15,000 barrel barge doing the job now but this bo

Cummins Vessel Reference #790 The TG17 rendering shows a good looking and versatile boat.   A challenge for designers or an emergency response vessel is deciding to what type of emergency the boat will respond. The designers at the non-government Marine Engineering Bureau in Odessa Ukraine have fitted a very wide range of capabilities into their 31.73 by 9.7-meter tug. The vessel

Cummins Vessel Reference #788 Vietnam, with a coastline of 3,260 kilometers, excluding islands, claims 12 nautical miles as the limit of its territorial waters, an additional 12 nautical miles as a contiguous security zone and 200 miles as an exclusive economic zone. This adds up to a lot of water to protect as well as a rich coastal fishing area.   Bui Mong on his new boat.

Cummins Vessel Reference #787 Built Goa Shipyard, Vasco, Goa, 14.3 X 4.0 X .9 meters, 2 x QSC 8.3 500 HP, ZF 286 gear, RR jets, 35 knots, delivered Jan 2016   Mauritius is an island nation in the southwestern Indian Ocean. The country has just 2,040 square kilometers of land on several islands but a huge exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of 2.3 million square kilometers. The major ch

Cummins Vessel Reference #786 Still in the river, the new boat looks anxious to get out to sea to show her stuff.   There is something about Italian products, from consumer goods to industrial objects, that carries a stylistic flair. This is well represented in the cruise ships of the Fincantieri Shipyard, such as the 2015-delivered Britannia. More recently this flair for design

Cummins Vessel Reference #775 The Alya McCall on sea trials and ready to cross the Atlantic and The Alya McCall is likely the biggest, the most powerful and the fastest single-hulled, combination supply and crew boat to be launched to date. Some of the impressive numbers: 206 by 33 feet, 100 passengers, five 2680 HP Cummins engines, five Hamilton jets, 38 knot speeds. Mike Aufdermauer, Marine S

Cummins Vessel Reference #780 When the Port of Toronto’s 45-year-old single screw tug, William Rest, got some hull damage while breaking ice, the incident lent new impetus to plans for a new boat. Like the original, the new boat would do a variety of tasks from tending to dredging, and icebreaking as well as assisting the Toronto Police and Toronto Fire Service marine units. Ports Toronto

Cummins Vessel Reference #793 The Lady Loren at work. (LA Carriers photo) Russell Plaisance, president of Louisiana Carriers, built the pusher-tug Lady Loren at Dickie Adam’s Lockport Fabrication in 2008. At the launch, he explained that the boat was the result of five years of planning and a lifetime of experience in the maritime world of the Gulf of Mexico. With owner Russell P. Plaisance

Cummins Vessel Reference #799   Rigid hulled inflatable boats (RIBs) have come a long way since their initial development in the United Kingdom in the late 1960s. Long noted for their stability and safety in turbulent seas, they have found applications in rescue work and military settings. Willard Marine, Inc. of Anaheim, California has a long history of conventional hulls and RI

Cummins Vessel Reference #782 The Dianna Lynn fresh from the Rodriguez yard and ready for work with Mid-River Terminal, LLC of Osceola, Arkansas. Over the years Rodriguez triple-screw shallow-draft towboats have won a following in the shallow waters of the Mississippi River estuary. Many of these boats are the distinctive aft-cabin Lugger-type of vessel. Recently Mid-River Terminal of Osceola,

Cummins Vessel Reference #778b Seaspan Venture, built 2001 Jinlng Shipyard China but finished at Vancouver Shipyards in North Vancouver. “We don’t usually remove the heads at mid-life on the Cummins engines,” Randy Beckler, Engineering Superintendent for Seaspan Towing explained in reference to the 2003 launched Seaspan Venture’s third like-for-like repower.   Seaspan Venture, towing a chip

Cummins Vessel Reference#800 John Niemann machinist/welder with the recently installed Cummins QSL9 engines.   “If it works well, then why change it?” might have been the idea of the owner of a new Yukon River salmon tender building at WCT Marine’s shipyard at Tongue Point on the Columbia River near Astoria, Oregon. Owner R. Bodey had Tullio Celano draw up a set of plans from a v

Cummins Vessel Reference #791 The Grifon-8 ready for work. Russia’s Pella Shipyard advertises a range of five ASD tugs. Their model 90600 has proven popular with satisfied customers returning for sister ships. Currently the yards has one of these handy-sized 25.4 by 8.8-meter tugs under construction for the Grifon Company. The profile and GA of a Pella docking tug. With a long list of design

Cummins Vessel Reference 784   In mid-April of 2016, the Indian Navy’s grab hopper dredger, Dredger-1 was preparing to depart its birth shipyard following a comprehensive one-year warrantee review. Tebma Shipyards Ltd., Senior Vice President M. Balasubramaniam explained that the 44.15 by 12.2-meter vessel was designed to meet precise deepening requirements around docks and port inst

Cummins Hotips #777 At village of Hòa Lôe, district of Huyên Hâu Lôc, Province of Than Hôa ready for launch.   In keeping with their reputation as a nation that can overcome all obstacles, Vietnam is rebuilding its aging fishing fleet. With a government program of soft loans, designated Decree 67/ND-CP, fishermen are building boats along 28 coastal provinces from the north to the