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Black Smoke from the Funnel: What to do?
Black Smoke from the funnel is a sign of poor maintenance and malfunction of the machinery. It is a serious…
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Marine Reciprocating Compressors: Correcting Piston to Head Clearance
The adjustment of Bumping Clearance is a very critical adjustment of the clearance volume. If more the volumetric efficiency of…
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Methods for Controlling Shipboard Nitrous Oxide Emissions
Learn about the techniques of controlling NOx emissions in modern day ships and what companies are doing to ensure that…
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Modern Electrical Propulsion System for LNG Tankers
Electrical Propulsion systems are not new to the marine industry. However, the system was limited to passenger vessels and some…
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Use of Overspeed Regulatory Mechanism in Ships
How do you check that the speed of the main marine diesel engine does not shoot to dangerous limits in…
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Bunkering Operations: Precautions, Checklists, Calculations & Corrections Explained
An actual bunkering operation is carried out with bunker checklists. In this article, emphasis is made on the checklists, safety…
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Effects of Reformulated Fuels on Marine Pollution and net GHGs
Emission from ships exhausts account for a 2-3% of all global CO2 emissions, along with quite sizeable amounts of SOx…
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Nuclear Propulsion System for Ships using Small Nuclear Power Plants
Have you ever wondered how a nuclear powered ship works? How is this nuclear energy created? What happens internally? Read…
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The Process of Refining Crude Oil
The crude oil is pumped ashore by the export oil pumps via undersea pipelines to a landfall as close to…
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Ship’s Boiler Steam Supply for Accommodation and Deck Equipment
Ships boiler steam supply for accommodation and deck equipment must be reduced in pressure before use. It is then used…
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Marine Boiler Auxiliaries, Fixtures and Fittings
Marine boilers auxiliaries include the boiler control system, forced draught fans, de-superheater, fuel oil pumps, heaters and filters, exhaust gas…
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Treatment of Marine Main Diesel Engine Fuel and Lube Oils
Ships marine diesel engines run on heavy fuel oil (HFO) nowadays a low sulfur content, or marine diesel oil (MDO)The…