A material must contain charged particles to be able to conduct electric current. In solids, the current is carried by electrons. Copper, lead, aluminium, iron and carbon are some... Read more
What does an electro technical officer do? An electro technical officer handles several responsibilities on vessel mainly related to electrical systems. Like most jobs at sea, as a... Read more
Modern advanced technology is key to enhancing the experience and safety on mega boats or superyacht, so the maintenance of the electrical equipment is vital to the success. An ele... Read more
An ETO (Electro Technical Officer) is part of the engineering department on a ship or yacht, employed to look after all electrical and electronic equipment and systems on board.... Read more
Azimuth thrusters are thrusters that can be rotated in order to produce thrust in any direction. The thrust is controlled either by constant speed and CPP design, variable speed FP... Read more
An engine room crew Electrician (ETO) was investigating problems with the fuel oil circulating pump at the circuit breaker board. The pump’s breaker was opened and he proceeded to... Read more
The direct on line ship motor will rotate with a speed directly determined by the ship network frequency. For propulsion, thrusters, pumps, winches, etc., there might be significan... Read more
The ship electrical motor is the most commonly used device for conversion from electrical to mechanical power on ship and is used for ship electric propulsion, thrusters for propul... Read more
In any isolated power system, the amount of generated power must be equal to the consumed power including losses. For an electric system consisting of an electric power generation... Read more
The concept of electric propulsion is not new, the idea originated more than 100 years ago. However, with the possibility to control electrical motors with variable speed in a larg... Read more
