Cummins Case Studies

Cummins Vessel Reference #829 The Assateague along side at the builder, Conrad Industries in Orange, Texas. Her JAK 700 coupler is visible forward.   Vane Brothers Company has undergone spectacular growth over the past three decades. The firm continues to expand its fleet with new construction. This February the marine transportation company took delivery of the first of three n

Cummins Vessel Reference #590   In April Bollinger Shipyard delivered the first of their 234-foot class of Cummins-powered Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) to their sister company, Bee Mar Inc. The shipyard started building this series of vessels in 2008 and delivered the first in the series to the newly formed Bee Mar LLC in June of 2009.  A Bee Mar press release at the time sai

Cummins Vessel Reference #589 On many of Europe’s inland waterways, the limit to cargo capacity is not so much about horsepower but it is the limit imposed on the vessel by the size of the locks that it has to transit. With the largest vessels, along with their additional barges, designed to maximize available space in the locks it is necessary to get the unit into the lock and stopped up w

Cummins Vessel Reference #826 The Daisy Mae ready for work. “The Daisy Mae is the closest you can get to Z-drive maneuverability, without the cost of Z-drive,” maintains her builder Joseph Rodriguez of Rodriguez Ship Building Inc. in Bayou LaBatre, Alabama. Rodriguez has designed and built a lot of tugs over the years and doesn’t make this claim lightly. Further more he backs it up with his

Cummins Vessel Reference #825   Early in 2017 a shipyard in Spain delivered two state-of-the-art water-jet catamaran crew boats. Each boat had 16,000 HP derived from four of the Cummins Engine company’s new QSK95 marine diesel. Following several years in development, the engine has proven itself in this high-speed application. The QSK95 is certified to IMO Tier 11 emission standards

Cummins Vessel Reference #824   Driving south on the coastal highway from the ancient city of Split in Croatia in late October, one is amazed to come on a forest of masts. These are not your usual sailboat masts lined in orderly rows in a marina, they are masts of all shapes and they are supported by a range of what at first appear to be spectacularly well maintained mega-yachts. A few

Cummins Vessel Reference #816 The Azimuthing Stern Drive (ASD) format has become the norm for a great many tugs working in vessel assist around the world’s ports. They now far outnumber the full tractor tugs with the azimuthing drives set forward under the house as do they the cycloidal drive tugs. Often, the ASD tugs are dedicated ship-handling units with a single hawser winch forward. However

Cummins Vessel Reference #817 SEACOR PANTHER: An impressive sight on any ocean.   When there is a better idea in crew boat design, it is most likely to be Louisiana-based SEACOR that pioneers it. That has been the case with catamaran boats, with SEACOR taking delivery of their first dual-hulled fast-supply boat, the Seacor Cheetah in 2008 and again when they had the Seacor Lynx

Cummins Vessel Reference #815 Profile of the new trawler.   Centrally located near the top of Denmark, the Jobi Yard has a skilled crew capable of carrying out work in wood, fiberglass, aluminum or steel. Whether for repair and maintenance or new construction, Jobi Yard has a reputation of quality and Danish reliability.   When fishing skipper Ejner Klitlund and his so

Cummins Vessel Reference #813     Rory Pitsch with the latest 32-footer from Strongback Marine.   For sheer numbers and intensity, it would be hard to imagine anything more driven than Alaska’s annual Bristol Bay sockeye fishery. Rory Pitsch, one of the owners of Strongback Metal Boats, has grown up with the boats being built at his father’s shops and, for several

Cummins Vessel Reference #811 Meeting her element at Sausalito.   Old photos show mid-nineteenth century sailing ships abandoned in the San Francisco Bay area by crews who caught gold fever. Some of these abandoned hulls lie under the modern day city of San Francisco. Over in Sausalito, just to the north of the famous Golden Gate Bridge, what may well be the spirit of one of thos

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