520 September 2008

Westar Chooses Cummins Tier 2

Photos by Haig-Brown courtesy of Cummins Marine show Westar's tug Taurus
working a bridge project.

With a diverse fleet of 18 tugs, eight water taxis and 20 barges; San Francisco’s Westar Marine Services is one of San Francisco Bay’s premier construction support companies. Their tug fleet will be 50% Cummins-powered when their good-looking boat Taurus goes back in service. While the fleet includes a range of Cummins engines from 14 to 38 liter models, the current repower will install a pair of Tier 2 compliant Cummins QSK19M engines for a total of 1320 HP at 1800 RPM.

The Taurus is 75 x 24-foot model bow tug that is kept busy on a variety of jobs around San Francisco Bay and offshore the west coast. Not only will the repower extend the service life of the vessel it will significantly reduce emissions. Westar’s Rich Smith reports that they were able to keep the boat’s Twin Disc MG527 gears with 5.17:1 ratios for the 660 HP per side engines. Once the Tarus is back in service it is planned to drydock the tug to “tweak” the props to maximize performance with the new engines.

Other projects underway at Westar Marine Services include the installation of a number of Tier 2 compliant generators in four tugs and two water taxis under the Carl Moyer grants program.

For further information:

Richard Smith
General Manager
Westar Marine Services
Pier 50C
San Francisco
CA 94107-2198
Phone: 415 495 3191
Fax: 414 495 0683
E-mail: westar50c@aol.com
Web: www.westarmarineservices.com

Tom O’Connor
Marine & Industrial Engine Sales
Cummins West Inc.
Phone: 510 351 6101 ext. 6624
Fax: 510 347 6191
E-mail:tom.j.o’connor@Cummins.com

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