OCTOBER 1, 2018– Paraguay’s Tsuneishi Shipyard, a subsidiary of Japan’s Tsuneishi Group, lately supplied the effective towboat Tebicuary 3 to her proprietors Navegaci ón del Sur S.A. (Navesur). The vessel will certainly work with the Paraguay-Paran á River system and also is a close to sister-ship to the Ceasar Primo, supplied to a various driver in 2015.
At 6,400 hp, Tebicuary 3 is much more effective than the majority of the towboats presently working with the river system. The power originates from 4 Cummins KTA50 engines, each establishing 1,600 hp at 1,800 rev/min.
The watercraft determines 43 m by 18 m with an operating draft of just 1.83 meters enabling it to press barges right into a lot of locations of the inland river.
In enhancement to the Cummins propulsion engines, the Tebicuary 3 is fitted with 2 Cummins Marine NTA855-powered 240 kVA/ 50 hz (Total Power: 480 kVA) generator collections. There is additionally a Cummins 6B CS 93 kVa/ 50 Hz emergency situation generator collection. All the engines and also gensets have ClassNK certifications.
With Cummins C Command digital controls the engines will certainly have the ability to optimize gas effectiveness and also cost savings.