On 30th May 2019, Chemical Tanker –FAIRCHEM FILLY Experienced Over pressurization of one cargo tank, which lead to rupture and also loss of cargo during discharging operations. Ship was alongside Vopak Terminal at Houston Ship Channel Texas. Incident Details: At 4:30 in the morning on 30th May 2019, Chief officer and shore (person in charge) […]
In this post I have given the list of the questions that were asked in oral examinations of 4B. In this post I have picked some of the famous questions that were asked in the Operation of the vessel and safety of personnel onboard oral exams. Answer to these will be published shortly. If you have any […]
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 […]
