ELECTRONIC ENGINES
The me series of enignes have no cam shaft. To provide power for fuel injection and exhaust valve lifting, they utilize a hydraulic oil loop with injection and exhaust valve lifting, they utilize...
PRESSURE SETTING OF SAFETY VALVES
Before attempting to adjust the safety valves of any boiler,its essential to verify the accuracy of the boiler pressure gauge,safety valves must be set at a pressure not exceeding 3% above the approved working...
IMO LEGISLATIONS 2018 ONWARDS
1 January 2018 - Revised FAL Convention
The revised Annex to the Convention on the Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL) includes mandatory requirements for the electronic exchange of information on cargo, crew and passengers.The...
MACHINERY PARTS ELEMENTS
ELEMENTS
MACHINERY PARTS
Aluminum
Pistons, bearings, pumps, thrust washers
Antimony
Bearings, grease
Barium
...
CIRCUIT BREAKER
A circuit breaker is an automatic device which is designed to stop the flow of current in an electrical circuit and save the electrical circuit from damage caused by overload or short circuit.
Its main...
SOLAS CHAPTER XII – ADDITIONAL SAFETY MEASURES FOR BULK CARRIERS
Definitions
1. "Bulk carrier" means the bulk carrier as defined in regulation IX/1.6. (Resolution 1 adopted by the 1994 SOLAS Conference) Bulk carrier means the ship which is constructed generally with single deck,...
SOME BASICS Q & A PART- 4
Candidates should know about starting air explosion and crankcase explosion, causes, remedy and action.
Q: What inspections is carried out on piston ring?
i) Axial clearance .
ii) Butt clearance
iii) Ring thickness
iv) Radial thickness
v) Ring tension
Q: What...
SOME BASICS Q & A PART- 3
Codes of safety working practices:
Candidates must be familiar with a book “code of safe working practices” available on board vessels. It is very important to identify safeties to encounter hazards.
To be complied with the...
SOME BASICS Q & A PART 2
Q: What action you are going to take in the event of a fire or accident?
Ans: The Abbreviation of
Fire:
F – Find or Find
I – Inform Isolate
R – Restrict Report
E – Extinguish ...