Case Study: Beconal Construção Naval achieves reliable Rio Madeira pushboat performance with Cummins Marine

Beconal Construção Naval - Customer Case Study

Beconal Construção Naval, a Brazilian shipyard serving inland waterways on the Amazon system, needed a reliable pushboat design for transporting oil products between Manaus and Porto Velho on the Rio Madeira, where water levels drop significantly in the dry season and navigation becomes restricted to shallow-draft towboats and barges. Cummins supplied marine power for the vessel, including KTA19-M3 engines for the new pushboat SCL 22.

Cummins’ solution powered the 1200 hp M/V SCL 22 with twin KTA19-M3 engines, each delivering 600 HP through TwinDisc 6:1 gears to 1.7-meter propellers. The result was a modern, high-visibility towboat capable of pushing up to three barges through strong currents on four- to five-day upriver trips, giving Beconal Construção Naval a vessel built to perform reliably on Brazil’s inland waterways.

Beconal Construção Naval

Flavio Silveira

Beconal Construção Naval