Oil spill incident was reported from a Mediterranean Shipping Company container ship named as MSC SANDRA. Oil spill incident happened when ship was taking bunker in port SINES-Portual. As per the latest reports, around 3 tons of fuel oil spilled overboard during the bunker operations. The reason for the spill is still unknown. The preventive […]
“Sailors life is completely an adventurous one. They face cramped, stark, noisy, and dangerous weather conditions at sea”. I joined ship on 6th Nov 2019 on a 3 months contract. My sign off was due on 6th February. But due to long voyage my sign off was not possible. Then a possibility of sign off […]
This is our second article in the Marine Engineering Practice Series which deals in questions related to the troubleshooting of the ship machinery etc. Plus some of the questions that might be asked to you when you are preparing for your officer exam have also been discussed. Here is the first article in this series: […]
