INTERNATIONAL POLAR CODE
The international maritime organization (IMO) has accepted
a mandatory Polar Code to provide for safe ship operation & environmental
protection in the Polar Regions. If you are onboard a ship in the Arctic or
Antarctic waters, then...
EXHAUST GAS EMISSIONS FROM MAN B&W ENGINES
Smoke evaluation
A conventional measure of the
combustion quality, & the traditional way of qualifying the emission, is to
measure or simply look at the smoke intensity. The exhaust gas plume, when it
leaves the top of the...
IMO/ILO/UNECE CODE OF PRACTICE FOR PACKING OF CARGO TRANSPORT UNITS (CTU CODE)
The 2014 IMO/ILO/UNECE Code of Practice for Packing of Cargo Transport Units (CTU Code), jointly developed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Economic Commission...
TROUBLESHOOTINGS FOR AUXILIARY BOILER
1.Auxiliary
boiler feed water pump breaker faulty
Causes:
Breaker is
tripping. It is not holding at ON position.
Remedial Actions:
Operate the system
with the standby pump. Isolate the faulty breaker & change with new one.
2. Auxiliary boiler feed water pump...
CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR STEERING GEAR FAILURE
General
emergency alarm signal : Seven or more short blast followed by one long blast
Emergency:- Immediate Action Required/Members
of The Team
STEERING
GEAR FAILURE:-
Revert to manual steering or else to emergency /alternative
steering system.Exhibit NUC signals and broadcast security...
INCLINING EXPERIMENT
This experiment is carried out on new ships and those that have had large structural alterations made, to find out the new centre of gravity (kg) and metacentric height (gm) and further to know...
RESERVE BUOYANCY
Reserve buoyancy can be defined as the volume of the enclosed spaces above the waterline. It can be expressed as a volume or as a percentage of the total volume of the vessel.
The volume...
Propeller curve
The propeller with perfect pitch/diameter ratio will be the one whose propeller power curve and engine HP curve meets at maximum RPM. Therefore, a propeller curve is a very much significance for chief engineer
Significance...
MEMBER STATE AUDIT SCHEME & IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT
IMO was formed to accept regulation & Governments are
accountable for applying them. When a Government accepts an IMO Convention it
agrees to make it part of its national law and to enforce all of the...
MOTOR & MEP ORAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS PART-3
Q Explain Reefer system on the ships.
Main Components of the Refrigeration plants
Any refrigeration system works with different components inline to each other in the series. The main components are:
Compressor: Reciprocating single or two stage...