by James King | Nov 29, 2021 | Engineering, Seamanship Centre News, Ship Safety
‘Maintenance’ begins and ends with me! Here we have a duplex type fuel filter unit which has ‘flagged’ indicating fouling/contamination whilst in service. Note the red hatching closing over on the display. By switching over to the stand-by...
by James King | Aug 16, 2021 | Engineering, Seamanship Centre News, Ship Safety
Becoming overly focused on just the engine, just the machine, equipment, without considering its surroundings can be a failing over time. Forgetting to monitor that which supports it for example, can lead to unexpected problems occurring down the line. This can be...
by James King | Jun 20, 2021 | Engineering, Seamanship Centre News
Getting the performance we expect from vessels and achieving what the sales team promised us at purchase enquiry stage will slowly fall-off over time. Undertaking a maintenance regime must commence from the moment of delivery. Sometimes however, planned maintenance...
by James King | Feb 14, 2021 | Engineering, Seamanship Centre News, Ship Safety
Good vessel upkeep requires a continuous inspection of all areas; hull, machinery and the various equipment inside and outside. With a focused mindset we can often identify issues more readily compared with normal day to day work practices. Time given to detailed...
by James King | Dec 23, 2020 | Engineering, Seamanship Centre News
The centres boat got her annual attention recently before being laid-up. Extra time was given to renewing the pencil anodes about the engine cooler box and outdrive, in addition to the usual checklist of items before calling the boat fully ‘winterised’.This...
by Richard Timony | Nov 28, 2020 | Engineering, IRPCS/ColRegs, Navigation, Seamanship Centre News, Ship Safety
Please download your copy of COSWP 2020 here. If you are studying any deck ticket you really need to be familiar with this document. COSWP 2020
