Marine Exams

central electronic control system is the brain of the system which monitors and evaluate the general condition to keep the operating parameter within limits and keep the performance of the engine better.The intelligent engine provides flexibility in operation...

Megger is the most portable insulation tester. It is used to measure very high resistance of the order of Mega ohm. Types of Megger This can be separated into mainly two categories:- Electronic Type (Battery Operated) 2. Manual Type (Hand...

Q. Explain latest developments in Marine “Tribology”. Explain the inferences you may draw from a main engine lub oil analysis report with the proposed corrective action in each case. Answer:- Tribology is the science & engineering...

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...

Derating A vessel’s engine and propeller are optimized and designed for a given operational and max. speed. If the operational speed of the vessel is generally lower...

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...

The NOx(Nitrogen oxide) control requirements of Annex VI applies to installed marine diesel engine of over 130 kW output power other than those used solely for emergency purposes irrespective of the tonnage of the...

What ships does the MLC, 2006 apply to? The MLC, 2006 defines a ship in Article II, paragraph (1)(i) as“a ship other than one which sails only in internal waters or waters within, or closely adjacent to, sheltered...

General The International Grain Code(International Code for the Safe Carriage of Grain in Bulk), accepted by resolution MSC.23 (59), has been compulsory under SOLAS chapter VI since 1st Jan. 1994. The term grain includes wheat,...

INTRODUCTION The prime mover of merchant ships has been for more than the century primarily the marine Diesel engine, which is nowadays predominantly a low-speed, two-stroke, crosshead-type, reversible, uniflow-scavenged, turbocharged, electronically controlled engine. The low speed marine engine is,...