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Navios South American Logistics Inc. is a leader in river transportation on the Inland Water Ways (IWW) of the Paraguay-Paraná Rivers. With a  eet of more than 250 barges and 20 well equipped push-boats on the river, the  rm also operates sea-going product tankers. Recently they have repowered the  rst of their push boats, the 30 by 9.5 x 2.7-meter Tomas Romero Pereira, in Paraguay at the Shipyard Aguapé of Asunción city. The IWW Paraná- Paraguay is the most important waterway in South America after the Amazon River system. Serving four nations, more than 15 million tons of bulk, general, and liquid cargo are shipped by barge to or from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. There are more than 1,700 barges on the IWW and nearly 150 workboats including both push- boats and tugboats. The pushboat Tomas Romero Pereira?s three Yanmar mains and three auxiliaries were replaced with three Cummins KTA19 M3 engines with a total output of 1590 HP. Each engine into Twin Disc 516 gears with 3.96: 1 reduction. These then turn 4 blade 960 x 1248-m/m propellers in ducted nozzles. The towboat?s electric power is provided by a pair of Cummins 6C CP-powered generators each producing 136 kW, 50 Hz. Sea trials on the updated vessel were successfully carried out in September 2012. Inter-Island Boats who operate under the Cat Coco?s brand have placed an order with Aluminum Boats Australia for a One2three designed 35m catamaran, for use on their ferry runs between Male, Praslin and La Digue islands. One2three have optimized the hull to suit additional passengers and cargo resulting in signi cant fuel savings over their existing  eet. The new hull has a shape that is also suitable for the offshore nature of the route, and it will be  tted with a Humphree interceptor ride control system to further enhance the sea keeping and passenger comfort. Powered by twin MTU 16V2000 M72 engines at 1440 BkW with ZF 4540 gearboxes driving conventional propellers the vessel service speed is 27 knots at 70% MCR and a full load speed of 31 knots. This is the sixth 35m One2three-designed passenger catamaran ABA have built in the past 3 years. South American Operator Re-Powers with CumminsAluminum One2three Designed Passenger FerryVESSELSPhoto courtesy of Cummins Marine Vessel Particulars: Passengers (total 437):Capacities:Beam moulded: 9.6 mMain SaloonFuel 2 x 3,000 litersLOA: 34.95 mUpper SaloonSullage 2 x 1,200 litersSpeed: 31 knotsExternal: 132 / Sundeck 30Fresh Water 1 x 1,200 liters September 201290 MNMNNov2012 Layout 82-95.indd 90MNNov2012 Layout 82-95.indd 9011/7/2012 2:49:59 PM11/7/2012 2:49:59 PM