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The design, complexity, and arrangement of engine rooms across the global shipping fleet vary far more widely than for bridges, and yet until today, there has been no dedicated guidance for safe engine room operations.
Chief engineer of the ship is the head of the engine room department. Thus, while assigning duties of handling a ship, the chief engineer is required to go through a specific procedure to ensure safety of the new ship and its personnel.
Even with the highest standards of automation provided on ships, seafarers must follow few checks while operating machinery systems from remote position. Learn about ten important points to consider while handling machinery remotely.
Engine room is full of machinery and pipelines that are made of different metals and alloys. Before repair and fabrication is done, it is imperative that the metal be identified so that successful repair is possible.
On ships, the central cooling system helps in cooling down all working machinery through circulating fresh water. Let’s take a look at how this system works in the article inside.
An efficient watch handing procedure needs to be followed in order to ensure safety of life and property at the sea. Find out the procedure for handing over engine room watch at the sea.
Logbooks are an important part of daily routines carried out onboard ships as they help in keeping together all important records and parameters for future reference.
Learn about various reasons that lead to cylinder liner wear in ship’s engine and how it can be minimised. Also, learn how to measure cylinder liner wear.
In this article we will discuss the importance of entire documentation along with the important documents which comes under engine department of the ship.
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