Prison ship
Prison ships were also known as the ghost ships. These ships
were built to carry prisoners who were convicted for grave crimes. It was definitely
something absolutely against human rights. Today we do not get to see many of
these. They have [...]
Perfect Circle Piston Rings
Perfect circle piston rings play a much bigger role than just being perfectly shaped and circular in an engine. The shape strength, wear and gap between the edges are all aspects that must be considered when installing new rings in to any engine. [...]
Current fake agent chaos in shipping: Who is to blame?
The maritime industry has been one of the most isolated industries for a long time. However, in the last few years it was noticed that there is a huge gap between the demand and supply of shipping agents this resulted in many maritime institutes [...]
INSV Tarini
The all women expedition made waves across the globe when Navy women sailed the entire globe in this small boat but do you really know the features of the boat
INSV Tarini Specs
INSV Tarini is the second ocean going sailboat that was built for [...]
Maritime Law Information
This section deals with maritime law information and the various facets of marine regulations as applicable to ships, shipping companies and so on. We know that regulations are necessary for any activity if control and welfare of the personnel [...]
Marine Knowledge Remembers Sailors of M.T. Sanchi (6 January 2018)
Marine accidents do not occur as frequently as road accidents but when they do, it is not easy to contain them or save lives due to factors like deep oceans and long distances involved. One such unfortunate incident occurred recently on Jan [...]
What Is IMO Number Of A Ship?
We all have heard of car registration numbers. However, very few of us know that ships have a registration number too. We will now discuss about the same. The concept of a ship’s registration number is very different from a car’s number. [...]
Connecting Rod Bearing Construction
The lower and the upper connecting rod bearing are separated from the connecting rod. They are bolted on to it with tension bolts. The top flange of the connecting rod carries the two upper connecting rod bearing-halves. (Also known as crosshead [...]
Four Stroke Cycles: Otto, Brayton, Atkinson
We learnt about the basics of heat engines in our previous post. Going further let us learn about the different types of underlying principles on which these engines are based. Firstly let us look at the four stroke cycle or the Otto cycle.
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Essential Engine Operating Directives
These directions are based on the assumption that engine works fine and has no maintenance problems and it is getting started after a long gap or a major overhaul so just follow these steps..
> Preliminaries before starting up the engine [...]
