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Seafarers the world over are assured escape from whatever type of ship or oil rig they are serving on by the lifeboats. These have evolved over the …

An engine with a special type of arrangement, opposed piston engines are supposed to be known as the most stable engines in the market today.

Purifiers and separators are used to clean the heavy oil used on ship. However, these equipments are not able to clean the heavy oil completely. A …

Scavenge fires are caused by oil igniting at the combustion air inlet ports within the scavenge spaces on main engine diesel engines. They are …

Transverse board is a simple wooden equipment that was used for navigation purposes during the ancient times. A part of the dead reckoning …

An integral part of the dead reckoning system, chip log is supposed to the first navigational tool for measuring a ship’s speed.

The crude oil is pumped ashore by the export oil pumps via undersea pipelines to a landfall as close to the crude oil refinery as possible. The …

Learn how poor quality residual fuel can affect the following engine power, turbocharger, crankshaft, bearing and so forth

Learn how to make bunker plans and the importance of keeping different oils separately

This article gives an idea about some methods adopted for reversing the engines on marine vessels