Category: Marine Engine
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EGCS, MARPOL Annex VI, and the Reality at Sea
A Rulebook That’s Simple on Paper Under MARPOL Annex VI, the sulphur oxide (SOx) limit for ships operating outside Emission Control Areas is 0.50% m/m. Many vessels have met this requirement by installing Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS). An expensive, complex machinery designed to allow continued use of high sulphur fuel…
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LOW-PRESSURE FUEL SYSTEM FIRE
After sailing from Aberdeen in ballast, the engine room fire alarm sounded on board a tanker. The main engine was then stopped, the emergency fire pump started and the fire flaps closed. This sealed the engine room, and fire hoses were rigged. An initial inspection by the second engineer and a…
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Water & Oil Don’t Mix
As a large vessel left port, its starboard engine oil mist detector alarms sounded. Watchkeepers found water vapour from the return line. They considered this normal, and re-set the alarms. Soon, the starboard main engine lub oil filter sounded a high differential pressure alarm. This was eventually cleared after the…
The Deep Draft 