469 January 2008
Thai Fisheries Research Vessel
Cummins Diethelm senior engineer marketer Khun Sathit Suwanprasert and Khun Somwong of Prakarn Kolkarn Shipyard with the garland festooned bow of the new fisheries vessel. Photo by Alan Haig-Brown.
 Khun Somwong Meeboon, general manager of Prakarn Kolkarn Shipyard Ltd. Photo by Alan Haig-Brown |
Khun Somwong Meepoon, managing director of Prakarn Kolkarn Shipyard Ltd. of Samut Prakarn has built many types of boats. These include dredgers, fishing boats and, a couple of years ago, a classic seven-meter teak and takien wooden launch for Thailand’s Crown Prince. In January, the ISO 9001 certified yard was crowded with steel dredgers and a pair of wooden fishing boats all in for maintenance and repairs. In position near the shipyard’s office the framing of a new hull sporting an elaborate garland of flowers honoured the historic power of the bow stem on a Thai vessel.
This new boat taking shape in a well respected yard is special as it will sever the Thai Department of Fisheries in research to assess fish stocks in Thai waters. At 23.5 by 6 meters, it is the size of many work-a-day Thai fishing boats but it has a relatively small fishhold and extra accommodation spaces for crew and researchers in the deck house and 3.25-meter deep hull. As for a great many of its commercial fishing cousins, the new research vessel will be powered by a single 600 hp Cummins KTA19 M3. Electrical power for the vessel will be provided by a Cummins 6BT5.9 DM powered 80 kW generator set.
Trawl door davits will be mounted on the stern quarters and a fish-hold will be built into the after deck. Delivery is slated for later this year.
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For more information:
Cummins Marine: http://marine.cummins.com/
Mr. Somwong Meeboon
Manager
Prakarn Kolkarn Shpyard Ltd. Part.
1121 Mo 1 Sukhumvit Rd.
Bangpoo Mai Samut Prakarn 10280
Thailand
Phone: 0 2709 1330 or 01 934 6029
Fax: 0 2709 1329
E-mail: prakarn_Shipyard@hotmail.com
Sathit Suwanprasert
Senior Engineer (marketing),
Cummins Diethelm Ltd.
Bangkap Huaykhwang,
Bangkok, Thailand 10320
Phone: (662) 254 4900
Fax: (662) 254 4913
E-mail: sathit.s@dksh.com
Web: www.dksh.com
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