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Amendments to SOLAS - enforced 1st July 2008 The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), at its 82nd session held from 29 November to 8 December 2006, adopted an amendment to SOLAS regulation III/19.3.3.4 concerning provisions for...

Although this is not a text on electrical protection, a short discussion on modern protection relays are justified, as modern relays are changing the way electrical engineers think, not only about protection, but regarding...

The motive of the International Code of Safety for the ship Using gases or Other Low flash point Fuels is to provide an international standard for ships, other than the vessels under the IGC Code, operating...

For the large bore diesel engine, a combined cycle plant setup has so far been based on a standard design and, thereby, also standard performance of the diesel engine, leaving waste heat recovery (WHR) to boiler and...

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...

General emergency alarm signal : Seven or more short blast followed by one long blast Emergency:- Immediate Action Required/Members of The Team Man Overboard:- Release Life Buoy, take avoiding action and raise emergency alarm.Revert to manual steering and reduce main engine...

Collecting Sample water The first phase in the boiler water testing is to collect feed water sample from the boiler concerned.Always take the water sample from the same place.Test samples usually cooled to 25 degree Celsius with the...

PURPOSE OF STUFFING BOX Provides sealing between Scavenge space and CrankcaseUpper section prevents scavenge air & residues from scavenge space entering crankcase Lower section prevents oil carry over by piston rod from crank...

Q The direct on line start of squirrel cage motor is used for most electrical drives on A.C powered ships. Describe with sketches as necessary one method of overcoming each of the following Problems: a) High...

Adoption: 9 April 1965; Enforced on 5th March 1967 The Convention's main objectives are to prevent unnecessary delays in maritime traffic, to aid co-operation between Governments, and to secure the highest practicable degree of uniformity in formalities and other...