Industry whispers have her having major problems with the gearboxes for those rotors.
On a main engines I run the primaries for 1000 hrs or on condition, on Gensets 500hrs or on condition.
Fit a vacuum gauge to the engine side of the filter, replace the elements , run the boat and make a note of the vacuum, when it gets to a good...
That is like asking How long is a piece of string. The life of the filters will depend on how much fuel passes through them and how much material...
It is difficult to say exactly what she was after as she was so vague when asking.
He will probably keep the thick end of $100k by rebuilding vs repowering, that buys a lot of snacks to eat on the way there and back at a few...
(edited by admin) It does and the op prolly has ideas of her own "allowance"
Your welcome but you have still not explained what information you were actually after in your initial post.
Actually it reads to me like he wrote it is 350km from the Baltic to the north indicating it is north of the Baltic. If he had written it is...
You might want to check your compass, it is well inland and to the South of the Baltic along with the rest of Poland.
+1 on that terminology clarification request
If the wind is aft of the beam the soot will end up on the forward part of the ship, any ship can cover its decks in soot and crap at anytime so...
The Owner might have been determined to give as much benefit to Americans doing jobs in America as possible. There is nothing wrong with...
How old is this boat? Metal corrodes in Salt and Freshwater. In the exhaust you have sulphur from the fuel mixed with water which is sulphuric...
Seems like a contradiction in terms there from 4 yrs ago, This chap says he visited but then says he doubts that they allow visitors. Anyone who...
In addition to lapping the props with grinding compound you should after cleaning it all off apply Prussian Blue to the cone part of the shaft...
Not having had anything to do with that type of system although I am a mechanic by original training I did a bit of googling. This came off a car...
Is it a carb or injected engine?
A CoC is a Certificate of Competency, it will enable you to be either a deck dept or engineering dept member depending upon what CoC and career...
You need to get a Doctor who is approved to issue Seafarers medicals for your Certificate of Competency, the STCW course you do is not any type of...
