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Learn how emergency escape arrangements on ships provide safe routes from machinery, accommodation, and other spaces, including key SOLAS requirements and EEBD provisions.
Learn how emergency stops and shutdowns help control machinery-space fires by remotely stopping ventilation fans, fuel-oil pumps, lubricating-oil pumps, and other specified equipment under SOLAS requirements.
Learn how quick-closing valves protect ships by remotely isolating fuel during emergencies, including their purpose, operation, and key SOLAS requirements.
Learn how emergency bilge suction removes large quantities of water from machinery spaces, including key SOLAS requirements, pump arrangements, and safe operation.
Learn how emergency fire pumps on ships maintain firefighting water supply when main fire pumps fail, including key SOLAS and FSS Code requirements.
A practical guide to key ship emergency systems, explaining their purpose, operation, and principal SOLAS requirements for safer emergency response at sea.
In a crosshead type two-stroke marine diesel engine, the stuffing box provides a seal between an engine’s scavenge space and crankcase. Stuffing boxes are required to reduce the likelihood of a scavenge space fire, crankcase explosion, and/or oil contamination. Trunk type engines do not have a stuffing box
This article provides a step-by-step method to aid marine engineers onboard to carry out inspection of main bearings of a two stroke diesel engine safely and time efficiently.
