HMM Algeciras which was recently launched is the largest containership ever built with TEU of 23964. To propel such a massive ship, for sure you need a powerful beast engine. And everything about HMM Algeciras is big for sure- 400 meters long, 61 meters in beam and whooping 23964 TEU container carrying capacity. MAN Installed […]
Water mist fire fighting system has been discussed in this article and we will study that in detail. As name suggest water mist system fights fire by cooling down the fire with the help of very fine water droplets also called hyper mist. On different ships, you have might have water mist or hyper mist. […]
Fuel changeover procedure from HFO to DO has been discussed in this article in detail. With Strict Regulations for emission control coming in control, fuel changeover to cleaner fuel is mandatory. Here in this article we discuss about the fuel changeover on commercial ships. Why Fuel Changeover is Needed As per the direction by the […]
MEO CLASS 1 preparatory course institutes have been given in this post and they are latest. Go through the list given below, if you are planning to do this course. The duration of the course is 2 months. MEO Class 1 Preparatory Course College Name Address Status Fosma Maritime Institute & Research Organisation (Kol) 305, […]
Electrical propulsion on ships has been discussed in this article in detail. Electric propulsion is used mostly on passenger vessels or Cruise lines and other small vessels. But with emissions norms becoming stringent, they will make their way into merchant shipping as well. Electrical propulsion has lot of advantages over the internal combustion engines which […]
Generator Protection Devices have been discussed in this article and they are as follows: ● Over Current Inverse Time Relay OCIR ● Over Current Instantaneous ● Negative Phase Sequence NPS ● Current Differential ● Earth Leakage Relay ● Under And Over Frequency ● Lock Out Trip ● Reverse Power Trip ● Over or Under Voltage […]
Common rail fuel injection have been discussed in this article for marine engines whether main engine for propulsion or diesel generators. This kind of fuel injection system has its own pros and cons and will be studying this in detail as how this system works. Such kind of arrangement is already being used in RT […]
Crankshaft for marine diesel engines have been discussed in this article. They are of many types and is used as per the need for a particular type of requirement. After piston takes away the combustion forces developed during ignition, it transmits forces to crankshaft, and gives it a circular cyclic motion. The shaft and the […]