Feature 5 | FISHING Commissioning for Brazilian tuna boat
Over 400 guests visited the fishing port at Itajai-Santa Catarina, in Brazil, to celebrate the new tuna boat Alalunga VII. Alan Haig-Brown reports.
event was at tended by several important local and government officials. Al so in at tendance were
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representatives of Cummins Marine and the local Cummins dealer, Motomac, which supplied Alalunga’s main engine, a 640hp Cummins KTA19-M3. The s te el ve s s el , which
measures 32m by 8.2m, and has a moulded depth of 4.2m, can carry 180tonnes of fish. Tankage includes 45.5m3
osted by the vessel ’s owner Giovanne Perdav- alle, the commissioning
99kW generators. Alalunga VII joins six other
Cummins-powered vessels in the Perdaval le f leet . The new boat was built at the Perdavalle- owned Mediterraneo Shipyard in Itajai. Cummins Mar ine business
of fuel and 35m3
of fresh water. The vessel is also fitted with two Cummins-powered
manager for Mexico and South America, Waldemar Marchet ti, reports that business is brisk for Sergio Kulzer, Santa Catarina branch manager for Motomac, with shipyards in the area contin- uing with the f ishing vessel business whi le f inding increas- ing interest from operators of offshore support and passenger vessels. SBI
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