A vessel at a repair berth was on shore power. The heavy electrical cable was led parallel to the shore gangway that was hooked on to the ship’s side bulwark on the main deck... Read more
1. Any crew member, who discovers that there is a Freon leak must: Move to an area of fresh air and warn other crew members; Inform the chief engineer immediately; Open up windows... Read more
The electro-technical officer (ETO) was repairing an instant reaction electronic welder’s mask. The tablet-style lithium ion battery needed replacing, and because of the compact na... Read more
A general cargo vessel was in port loading packaged timber. The ship was moored to a large barge equipped with a knuckle boom crane. This was being used to load the ship, together... Read more
An Electrotechnical Officer (ETO) and an oiler were undertaking maintenance on the ship’s elevator. They had opened the inspection cover to the reduction gear of the elevator winch... Read more
In the early evening hours the fire alarm sounded showing an alarm on B deck. Fault situation on ship Smoke was also reported on the port side of B deck. The re source was localiz... Read more
A three-point starter is a device that helps in starting and running the shunt wound motor or compound wound DC motor. The back EMF (Eb) plays a crucial role in governing the opera... Read more
In today’s scenario, Shipping has had a lot of improvements with all new modern electronic equipment and machines. A ship can be imagined just like a modern moving factory with all... Read more
In a ship diesel-electric power and propulsion system wit shaft propeller, the propellers are normally driven by variable-speed electric motors. The horizontal ship motors may be d... 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
