Cummins Case Studies

Cummins Vessel Reference #716 MV Gunner on the Intracoastal Waterway.   In mid-October of 2013 Capt. Mark Duthu of Montgeut, Louisiana was proudly showing his family around his new command. The 72 by 30-foot pushboat MV Gunner was about to leave the New Generation Marine Shipbuilding on the Intracoastal Waterway near Houma Louisiana. With the Louisiana Marine Operators logo prou

Cummins Vessel Reference #713 A rendering of Q-West's current build project. As with most island nations, New Zealand is heavily dependent on ferries. By this time next year, there will be a new ferry added to the Auckland-based Fullers Group fleet. Currently being constructed at Q-West Boat Builders Ltd. on the Wanganui River, the Incat Crowther-designed catamaran will join a large number of

Cummins Vessel Reference #678 On the Rio Negro at Manaus.   A thousand miles (1600 Kilometers) up the Amazon River the Port of Manaus has long attracted ocean going vessels. In the 19th Century they came for rubber, today the products are more varied with a duty-free zone generating additional commerce. Other ports along the Amazon may be for a single commodity such as soyabeans

Cummins Vessel Reference #707 Ready for Work It is said that only about 2000 of the Philippine’s 7000 plus islands are inhabited. But that is a very large “only”. It is doubtful if any other country has greater need for ferries. A visit to the port of Cebu, with ferries ranging from out-rigger-fitted wooden boats (Bangka) to large steel cargo ferries crowding the harbor, shows just how varied i

Cummins Vessel Reference #706 The Mainport Cedar ready for work.   On their web site, Mainport says, “All business is about interaction between people”. The firm, based in Cork Ireland, has demonstrated this throughout their business. These include a range of subsidiaries in diverse marine fields and diverse locations from South Africa to the Caspian and at home in Ireland. &

Cummins Vessel Reference #708 At 58 by 27 foot the Cerulean is about as big as Alaskan Limit boats can get. Captain and part owner Joshua Trosvig has replicated the very successful electronics of the group’s earlier boat, the Cynosure, these include a Simrad ES70 split beam sounder and a New Zealand-made multi-beam WASSP sonar. Trosvig has also brought his electronic files over to the new b

Cummins Vessel Reference #773 The Sebastian D ready for work. Houma, Louisiana-based Enterprise Mariner Services, LLC (EMS) operates with the motto “Safe, Efficient, Reliable”. With the addition of their eighth Z-drive towboat and the fourth from Sneed Shipbuilding, the goal of maintaining that excellence is ever more assured. The wheelhouse: Sebastion D As with the previous three, the 87 by

Cummins Vessel Reference #701 The Ana Lucia ready to fish.   “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 e

Cummins Vessel Reference #700 Incat Crowther rendering of the Brazilian fast supply vessels.   The Brazilian petroleum industry continues to set new standard for fleet expansion. This is demonstrated by the building of 12 aluminum 7200-HP fast supply vessels to a single order. They are being built at Estilaleiro ETP Engenharia Ltda. in Rio de Janeiro for two owners. Designed by I

Cummins Vessel Reference #697 The Lay Barge DLB 1600 The specifications are huge for Valentine Maritime’s new derrick equipped pipe laying barge. Accommodation for 300 people and a 1600-ton crane mounted on a 120 by 31.7 meter (393.6X104-foot) barge. VM’s DLB1600 was built over a three-year period at the Nanjing Tianshun Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., PRC. Registered in Panama, the barge has now been

Cummins Vessel Reference #696 The Sea Titus shortly after launching at Cochin Shipyard. (courtesy of Cummins Korea) The Sea Tantalus is the first of a series of Vard Group (STX) designed platform supply vessels being built at Cochin Shipyard Ltd in India. The distinctive hull configuration is being built in countries around the world and the Indian version, the first of four from Cohin, is a f

Cummins Vessel Reference #699 Piotr Smolag reviews the design drawing for the new vessel. Haig-Brown photo   The huge yellow gantry cranes, cavernous sheds and slipways of the Szczecin Shipyard dominate the Port of Szczecin. At one time 10,000 workers toiled to built as many as 21 deep-sea ships per year in this sprawling edifice. Today only a fraction of that number, perhaps 15

Cummins Vessel Reference #695 A rendering of the AGOR vessels currently underconstruction   During most of 2012 Cummins Northwest was busy with the procurement of the various subsystems and assembly of the diesel-electric units for the two Ocean Class Auxiliary General Purpose Oceanographic Research (AGOR) vessels building at Dakota Creek Shipyards They delivered the first four-

Cummins Vessel Reference #693 A new look for the Lower Mississippi.   Ship docking tugs now take the Z-drive for granted, but it has found only limited acceptance for river towboats. That is about to change with a new boat being built for The Carline Companies at Raymond and Associates in Bayou LaBatre. One of the Carline companies is the Burnside Fleet located at Mile 169 on th

Cummins Vessel Reference #692 The return of United Kingdom shipbuilding tradition and quality is currently being demonstrated in the construction of two ro-ro car ferries at the yard of Cammell Laird Shiprepairers & Shipbuilders Ltd. at Birkenhead, Merseyside. Building to the account of Western Ferries (Clyde) Ltd. the new ferries will replace two aging ferries in a four-vessel fleet that W

Cummins Vessel Reference #691 Josh Trosvig with the new longliner. “For most Alaskan fishermen, Dutch Harbor is out west, but for us, fishing in Adak, it is to the east,” explains Capt. Josh Trosvig as we watch the first of a pair of 200 kw gensets lowered into his new boat. When you are two days travel from Dutch, the nearest service center, quality and redundancy are essential. Three yea

Cummins Vessel Reference #687 Sarawak Slipways new crewboat. Long noted for the quality of their steel vessels, the Sarawak Slipways have recently launched an aluminum crew boat. Built to a design by Singapore-based Naval Consult Pte. Ltd., the 38 by 7.85-meter vessel has a molded draught of 1.75 meters. With seating for 50 personnel and accommodation for a crew of eight, the vessel is power

Cummins Vessel Reference #723 The latest McCall/Neuville crew boat in February 2014. A market advantage for SEACOR Marine, as one of the largest players in the offshore marine services industry, is that they continue to build nimble vessels suited to a wide range of markets. SEACOR has long been noted for innovative vessels, ranging from mono-hulls to catamarans. Meeting the market demand for