Major ship fires and damage control while in port
A port is a place where the mariners can touch the land after long sailings and enjoy earthly life for some time. Yet this period might be marred by …
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Domestic Water Supply Equipment on Board Ships
Learn how fresh and sanitary water is supplied to the accommodation section of a ship
Continue ReadingMarine Bilge Pumps & Pumping System - Emergency Bilge Suction
Learn how the sea water pump providing cooling water can be used in times of emergency to empty the bilge spaces
Continue ReadingShip Fire Fighting: How to Handle Cargo Hold Fire Situation
A ship in the middle of an ocean is just at the mercy of the elements and the ability of the sailors. What if one of the elements, such as fire, goes …
Continue ReadingTank Pipe Fitting and Pipeline Security System for a Ship
This article explains the system for handling ballasting/deballasting operations and the piping arrangement in bilges and db tanks
Continue ReadingNaming a Ship - What is so Peculiar about Ship Naming Ceremony?
A ship after its birth from the shipyard, has to be named. Do you know how they name a ship?
Continue ReadingMotor oil blenders and polytron homogenizers explained
Auxiliary machineries on a ship use a different grades of fuel. Most of these fuel grades have water in them. It is difficult to remove this water …
Continue ReadingAutomatic fire sprinkler systems explained
Nowadays, all the ships are provided with a fixed automatic sprinkler system in all the sensitive areas to prevent the spreading of fire in case of an …
Continue ReadingBoat Stabilizer Fin - Ship Stability Apparatus
A ship when at sea is subjected to several forces which disturbs its overall stability. Ship stabilizers are therefore provided to maintain the …
Continue ReadingCompressed foam systems - Fighting fire by fixed foam producing installations on board ships
Not all type of fires can be extinguished using water. For specific types of fires, foam is used as an extinguishing agent. Let’s take a look at …
Continue ReadingHow do hydraulics work - Learn how to start an emergency generator manually.
Do you that the SOLAS regulations say that there should be a secondary means of starting the emergency generator? Know about these requirements and …
Continue ReadingMicrobial Infestation of Marine Fuel Oil
Find out about microbial infestation, a phenomenon, which is often neglected but which causes the most harmful and detrimental effects on the fuel oil …
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