Abhiram Oak is a Merchant Navy officer and currently sailing. Due to travel restrictions imposed by the lockdown he was unable to sign off on time, and thus is stuck on ship since then. Originally planned to get off the ship in month of March, so that he can be at home during the times […]
Difference between RT flex and ME-C engines is discussed in this article, hope you will find it useful. If you are a marine engineer or a ship enthusiast, you might have heard of two types of low-speed engines that are widely used in modern ships: RT flex and ME-C engines. These engines are both based […]
A centrifugal pump is used in large number on board ship and every marine engineer should know how to overhaul the centrifugal pump. Centrifugal pumps are mostly preferred because their outflow is large as compare to other pumps and their maintenance is less. But the pressure developed from this type of pump is not that much and reciprocating pumps come […]
