Cummins Case Studies

Cummins Vessel Reference #654   The Argentine shipyard Astillero Naval Federico Contessi Y Cia SA has been busy with fishing boat orders. In March they launched another of their fine new trawlers. Amid much fan fare, fire works and confetti the B/P Nono Pascual slid down the ways. On hitting the water, her 600 HP Cummins KTA19 M3 was started and the boat made a celebratory lap of th

Cummins Vessel Reference #651 Capt. Li, originally from Guangdong Province, ready to sail from Shandong. On Christmas Day 2011, Capt. Li Jin Chao, and three other Chinese skippers will be well along in a 23-day voyage of over 5000 miles from Shandong Province in China to Fiji. Their four vessels were delivered from the Hunghai Shipbuilding Company Ltd. the name of which translates as Yellow S

Cummins Vessel Reference #650 Profile view of new China Fisheries vessel. courtesy of Rushan Shipyard   A recently launched patrol vessel, Zhong Guo Yu Zheng, for the Chinese Fisheries Department employs the proven technology of two engines turning into a gear with a single output to a single propeller. The Fisheries Administration Ship is 57.33-meters overall with a 8.2-meter b

Cummins Vessel Reference #649 Ready to go to work for Higman.   The Ford F-150 pick-up truck is said to be the best selling vehicle in America. It seems likely that Hope Services’ Cummins-powered push boat could well be the best selling vessel of its class in America. On November 12, 2011 the Dulac, Louisiana shipyard delivered Hull Number 144. Of these hulls, all but three have

Cummins Vessel Reference #648 Super Jet 19 at speed. With over 230 million people living on about 13 thousand islands, Indonesia requires a lot of ferries. Shipyards such as PT. Bintan Marina Shipyard are meeting this demand for fast, safe and modern ferries. The yards recently designed, built and delivered the fast ferry, MV Super Jet 19, to the associated PT. Pelayaran Nasional Bahtera Best

Cummins Vessel Reference #647 One of the first QSK95 engines with another in the test bed. “This is the most powerful high speed diesel in the world,” was the recurring statement at the unveiling of the new Cummins QSK95 engine in Seymour Indiana on the First of November. Development of the new engine has been a carefully guarded secret so that the assembled guest were duly impressed when the

Cummins Vessel Reference #645   The Italian marine operator Bambini, based at the Port of Ravenna, operates an extensive fleet of vessels in support of the offshore industry. These range from tugs, to supply boats and crew boats. The latter, mostly in the 30 to 35-meter range, have been imported from US builders. Recently they launched their first Fast Supply Vessel, the 51.75 by 9.

Cummins Vessel Reference #644 The Navemar XIV alongside at Salvador. Fernando Santos Mata Virgen carries two business cards. Both cards show him as Director, in one case of the Corema Shipyard in Salvador Brazil, the other for Navemar Towing. Explaining that he has recently sold his fleet of tugs, the 70-year old director is conferring with naval architect Marcos de Parahyba Campos on the bui

Cummins Vessel Reference #646 Capt. Jack Davies with the Z-drives on his new tug. Captain Jack Davies is the consummate boatman. Of himself he says, “I love running boats, and being involved in the marine industry.” Davies wears a number of “hats” in the marine industry, and often he is aboard one of the tugs with which he has some ownership involvement. He can be found twisting wrenches in

Cummins Vessel Reference #636   Arguably the world’s greatest river system, the Amazon is navigable to large ships from the sea to Manaus. This is a distance of nearly 1000 miles, a similar distance to that from the Gulf of Mexico to Saint Louis on the Mississippi, but on that great American River deep-sea navigation ends at Baton Rouge, only about 250 miles up river. Due to ocean c

Cummins Vessel Reference #645 Ready for work.   The marine works and dredging company LMD recently took delivery of a general cargo and heavy lift vessel from the prolific and versatile Italian shipyard Vittoria di Adria. At 60 meters in length with a 16-meter beam and a weight of 2300 gross tons the Alfredo is a hefty vessel designed for maximum productivity. As a bulk cargo ve

Cummins Vessel Reference #642 A Rampart 2400 under construction at the Erin yard in Manaus.   There are probably more Robert Allan-designed ship docking tugs under construction world wide than any other design. So it is not surprising to see one under construction at the Estaleiros Rio Negro Ltda. (ERIN Shipyard) in Manaus, Brazil. It is undoubtedly the only Rampat 2400 being bu

Cummins Vessel Reference #641 The Barbosa Reparos Navais shipyard in Manaus.   To a large extent Manaus owes its existence to its location at the confluence of the dark waters of the Rio Negro and the sand-coloured waters of the Rio Solimões. Of equal importance is the elevated land that rises above the oft-flooded Amazonian basin. With river heights varying by as much as 14 met

Cummins Vessel Reference #640 Oziel Mustafa dos Santos tells river stories.   Seventy-five year old Oziel Mustafa dos Santos began his work life on the Amazon River system 53 years ago. “I had an eleven-meter wooden boat with an 11-horsepower Swedish engine with a long shaft over the stern,” he explained. “Long-tail” engines are still common on smaller Amazonian boats. It was a

Cummins Vessel Reference #638   Lowlands that can make road building difficult border the 1,495 kilometers of river that flow between Belém and Manaus. The roads to Manaus are long and circuitous. With the world’s highest volume river flowing between the cities the movement of truck trailers typically takes place with the aide of roll on roll off barges. The one of the largest opera

Cummins Vessel Reference #637 A craftsman and a yacht.   There are literally thousands of boats calling Manaus their homeport. The majority are tugs and ferries, but there is also a sizable number of pleasure boats. Then there are the serious yachts. It seems that those who can afford it like to get away from the city to cruise in the seemingly infinite river channels nearby.