Cummins Case Studies

Cummins Hotips #809 On the hard but ready for the water. There was a time when the shipyards of Sarawak couldn’t keep up with the orders for OSVs, landing craft and tugs. Now, the shipyards are feeling the worldwide doldrums brought on by low oil prices. Hung Seng Shipbuilding, is Sibu, Sarawak has experienced a similar slowing in orders, but to keep their crews of expert welders, pipe fitters

Cummins Vessel Reference #808   Vitawani Shipbuilding of Sibu, Sarawak in East Malaysia has, in recent years, delivered a wide range of workboats from anchor handling tugs to landing craft. Currently, they have a spec-built Multi-Purpose ASD Tug nearing completion. The 29.95-meter ASD tug has a 9.8-meter beam and a molded depth of 3,6-meter design draft. Classed by NKK as 1+Hull,

Cummins Vessel Reference #806       Rendering of the port bow quarter showing pin location in raised forecastle.     Vancouver, BC based Island Tug and Barge has a reputation for excellence in their vessels and equipment. Over the years they have refurbished and repowered older vessels and completed new vessels. They are currently working on their mo

Cummins Vessel Reference #804 Water taxi: 12 by 2.5-meter powered by Cummins 6BTA-M 5.9-liter.   For many years, the Supatra River House on the Chao Phrya River, has been a favorite with Thai and foreign dinners. Situated on the Thonburi side of the river, the most favored approach to the restaurant is by boat. To that end, the owner, Khun Supapan maintains a fleet of beautifully

Cummins Vessel Reference #803 Boat is 22 X 6.5 meters, with new 4BTA3.9 GM-Cummins genset, for extensive electrical needs in galley   Visitors to Thailand, like the Thai people themselves, invariably comment on the diversity and complexity of Thai food. It is the result of many centuries of refinement and a dedication to fresh ingredients. From the beach restaurants of Phuket to

Cummins Vessel Reference #776 The M/V Tom Cotton ready for work. Blessey Marine has a long history of growing one of the largest fleets of towboats and petroleum barges on American inland waterways. The majority of barges are 10, 20 and 30 thousand-barrel clean/chemical barges and 30,000 black oil/asphalt barges. In addition, the company has a number of stainless and pressure barges. To push th

Cummins Vessel Reference #802 Jensen Design and Rendering   Shipyards, especially those that repair and construct larger vessels, invariably need to move the vessels, materials and other resources about the yard. To do this, yards often have a small yard-tug that can maneuver in and around yard structures such as for repositioning bulls into dry docks or to control newly launched

Cummins Vessel Reference #799 Built Nichols Bros to Jensen design, the Oscar B departs the Oregon shore. Since 1925 there has been some form of car ferry crossing of the lower Columbia River from Puget Island on the Washington side to Westport Slough on the Oregon side. In 1959 Wahkiakum County took over operation of the ferry and in 1962 had a steel-hulled ferry, named for the county, built by

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 #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 #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 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