The Master of a bulk carrier, newly arrived on board, noticed the starboard provision crane was not straight but slightly bent upward. A closer inspection showed cracks on the pain... Read more
As edited from Canadian TSB report M17C0205 A chemical product carrier was bound upriver and had just exited a lock when the bridge team reported a bow thruster alarm and shutdown.... 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
Reverse Power Relay is a directional protective relay that prevents/protect the generator from motoring effect (going to reverse direction). It is used where generator runs in para... 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 source for power is most often a generator set driven by a combustion engine which is fueled with diesel or heavy fuel oil. Occasionally one can find gas engines, and also gas... Read more
High Voltage safety procedure on Ship Electrical System This is only a proposal how the procedure could look like, procedure must be established by the owner. It is extremely impor... Read more
The Electric Two-term Level Controllers (Level Switch) are designed for automatic control, signalling or controlling of fixed liquid level limit value in open or closed (pressure)... Read more
Overheating problem on Ship Extremes of temperature will affect the performance and the effective life of any electrical apparatus. Devices which depend on electromagnetic operatio... Read more
A vessel may have a number of generating sets, a split bus bar and a variable load. Since the advent of UMS classification, automatic control has become common to ensure con... Read more
