Cummins Auxiliary Power for Two Supply Vessels

As their market share in crew boat power grows, Cummins Marine engines are also making inroads in the auxiliary power needs of new off shore supply vessels building in Gulf Coast yards. In Morgan City, Louisiana Kenny Nelkin, President of the Candy Fleet, makes exclusive use of Cummins KTA-19 and KTA-38 engines for the main engines on his extensive fleet of crew boats. When he designed a 220-foot supply boat he specified Cummins auxiliary power for the new boat. The auxiliary package includes four engines. A six-cylinder KTA19-M rated 530 hp@1800 RPM will drive the bow thruster. This engine will also provide power to drive a fire pump. Ship's service will be provided by a pair of NT855-G4 turning 125 KW gen sets. One of these two engines will also be equipped with a power take off to drive a liquid mud pump. An NT-855-M rated 240 hp @1800 RPM will be drive both a liquid mud pump and a dry bulk mud compressor. The hull of the vessel, with deck and house, was delivered last April from Leevac Shipyard in Jennings to Swift Ship in Morgan City for finishing out. Delivery of the boat is planned for the fall of 1997. A sistership will follow at a later date.

Over in Alabama at Steiner Shipyards a similar auxiliary package is going into another offshore supply vessel, the CALVIN B, building for Aries Marine Corp. of Lafayette, Louisiana. Although the two boats are the same overall length, auxiliary power varies somewhat. The Alabama boat, with inhouse design handled by Andy Overstreet, will have a pair of NT855 engines on the 99 kw gen sets. Two more of the 14-litre NT855 engines will drive the mud pump and compressor engines.

A fifth of these versatile engines, this one designated NTA855M to identify it as turbo charged and after-cooled so that it generates 400 hp medium continuous, will power a 45-inch stern thruster through a Twin Disc 2.4:1 gear. A KT19M will provide 510 hp medium continuous through a Twin Disc 516 2:1 gear to a Harbour Master bow thruster of the same diameter. This vessel is equipped with a dynamic positioning system.

For more information on the Candy Fleet boat:

Kenny Nelkin
President
The Candy Fleet
P.O.Box 2444
Morgan City, LA 70381
Phone: (504) 384-5835

"Red" Cunningham
Cummins Mid-South Inc.
Hwy. 90 East
P.O Box 1229
Amelia, LA 70340
Ph: 504 631-0576 Fax: 504 631-0081

A.J. Blanchard
Marketing Manager
Swift Ships Inc.,
P.O.Box 1908
1105 Levee Rd.
Morgan City LA 70380
Ph: 504 384-1700 Fax: 504 384-0914

For more information on the Aries Marine Corp. boat:

Larry Neff
V-P Marine Marketing
Cummins Alabama, Inc
Mobile Alabama
Phone: 334-452-6421 Fax: 334 473-6657

Wanda Duke
Project Manager
Steiner Shipyards Inc.
P.O. Box 742
Bayou LaBatre, AL 36509
Phone: 334 824-4143 Fax: 334 824-4884

Earl P. Verrett
Aries Marine Corp.
P.O. Box 51789
Lafayette, LA 70505
Phone: 318 856-9015

500-476, 475-451, 450-426, 425-401, 400-376
375-351, 375-351, 350-326, 325-301, 300-276, 275-251, 250-226, 225-201
200-176, 175-151, 150-126, 125-101, 100-76, 75-51, 50-26, 25-0