Cummins Case Studies

Cummins Vessel Reference #659 The PSV Betty Pfankuch at the Conrad Deepwater yard in Amelia Louisiana.   The quality and functionality of a working vessel is only proven over time. When one of Aries Marine’s green-design diesel-electric platform supply vessel returned to the US from an nine-month charter in Mexico I was privileged to have a walk through with Chief Engineer Darre

Cummins Vessel Reference #657 The US Army Corps of Engineers new shallow draft dredge. (Conrad Industries Photo) Time and tide are rightly noted as inevitable and with them comes silting. The US Army Corps of Engineer will soon take delivery of a shallow draft dredge that, while stopping neither time nor tide, will do much to alleviate the silting. Building at Conrad Industry’s Morgan City s

Cummins Vessel Reference #652 IHC Beaver 7522 discharges via a 750 mm diameter pipeline and works to depths of 22 meters.This 66.3 by 14-meter dredge, the Imai Delima, was delivered to Inai Kiara Sdn Bhd in 2008.   To call IHC Merwede a global manufacturer of dredges would be an understatement. With decades of research and development behind them the Netherlands-based firm is a

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 #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 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 #633 Outboard Profile   Tell City, Rockport, Owensboro, Yankeetown, Evansville and Henderson are harbors between Mile 731 and Mile 808 on the Ohio River. Operated by Evansville Marine Services (EMS-Harbors) they provide a wide range of services from barge preparation and crane services to dry dock and repair work. They also have a fleet of fifteen boats

Cummins Vessel Reference #632 At the launching in Vietnam. The iconic 4-wheel-drive World War II Jeep has undergone decades of upgrades to become the modern SUV. Now the craft that landed on the beaches of Normandy and the islands of the Pacific has been similarly upgraded at the South East Asia Shipyard in Vietnam. With ro-ro containers. The most important factor in the design, by Franc

Cummins Vessel Reference #635 MV Steve Scalise The demand for handy sized towboats to handle inland river tows continues to grow and one of the strongest contributors to that growth is Blessey Marine. Primarily handling petroleum-related products, the firm has grown rapidly to their present fleet size of over 60 vessels with more on order. Although they have vessels ranging from 700 to 4900 H

Cummins Vessel Reference #625 Marsun's 40-meter crew boat. Thailand’s Marsun Co. Ltd. has built a reputation for quality high speed patrol craft and crewboats. Having built a number of their in-house designed 36-meter crewboats, they launched a 40-meter version earlier this year. Delivered in February the Uniexpress 18 went into service in the Gulf of Thailand for owner Uniwise Offshore Ltd.

Cummins Vessel Reference #622 M/V Stanford   Established in 1997 as the vessel owning and operating branch of the United Arab Emirates-based Stanford Marine Group, Stanford Marine is in the midst of a major fleet expansion. In 2009 the firm acquired five vessels and acquired a company that had ten vessels on order including six new 58-meter off shore supply vessels. This brought

Cummins Vessel Reference #617 The gambling ship Casino Royale.   In 2011 Goa’s most elaborate floating casino will celebrate three years of successful operation on the Indian province’s Mandovi River. The M/V Casino Royale wss designed by AMC Marcon of Mumbai and her builder Water Ways Shipyard with the lines of a small cruise ship. The ship has capacity for up to 400 passengers

Cummins Vessel Reference #621 New tug and barge at the Bahtera Bahari Shipyard. As with many businesses in Southeast Asia, the Bahtera Bahari Shipyard on Indonesia’s Batam Island is a family business. Although the present company was founded only recently, in 2005, the family’s association with the marine world of Indonesia extends back several decades. One of four children Ms. Tresya, the o