MARINA ACADEMY OF MARITIME RESEARCH CENTRE

AND CHARITABLE TRUST

VADASWAMI, KALOL TALUKA
GANDHINAGAR, GUJARAT-382721

MARINE ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE

Note Prep by-Pradeepta Kishore Pal, Ch. Engr

Chapter 1- Familiarisation with duties and Engine Room Environment

Duties of the Engine-Crew: o Assist ship engineer officers in performing routine maintenance work and
repair to ship's engine, machinery and equiPments. o Lubricate moving parts of engines, machinery and
equipments as instructed o Operate and maintain pumps and valves under the guidance of ship's
engineers' o Clean engine parts and engine room. o Look after ER stores and sPares o Paint engine room
o Assist watch keeping in the engine room I Monitor engine, machinery and equipment indicators and
report abnormalities to ship engineer office on watch.

Engine Room Machinery: a state major items of machinery and their purpose: Main Engine, Shafting,
Auxiliary Engines, Auxiliaries & Boilers.
Machinery Space - a Space or a compartment containing a group of machinery. Some machinery spaces
have specific names e.g., engine room, boiler room, purifier room, pump room, battery room, steering
flat, cargo machinery units.
Machinery ltem- Machinery ltem can be used for one machinery component, or an assembly e.g. pump,
valve, etc.' or a group of items forming a complete unit e.g., main engine, boiler, altemator engines, etc.
System- a group of items that support operation of the ship, or other machinery e.g. lubrication oil
system, cooling water system, bilge and ballast system, etc'.
Propulsion Machinery'items- meant for moving the ship (main engine, shafting, and propeller).
Main Engine- complete unit meant for providing power for propulsion of the ship.
Auxiliary Engine (Generators)- (Engine and Altemator) for production of electric power for all purposes.
Auxiliary Machinery- support other machinery or systems e.g., boilers, air compressors, distillers, etc.

Main Engine system- L.O. System, F.W. Cooling System, Fuel System, Air Starting System,
Supercharging, Control System, S.W Cooling, Air Starting System, Safety System.
Steering Gear, Manoeuvring Aids (Thruster, Controllable Pitch Propeller)
Ventilation & Air Conditioning - ER Ventilation ECR Air conditioning.
Emergency Equipment – Generator, Fire Pump , Air Compressor, Fire extinguishing, Fire Detection,
Oil Spill Control etc.
Deck Machinery - Cargo Handling Gear (cranes, winches, hatch cover operating machinery) , Mooring
Machinery (windlass, capstan, winches) , Provision Winch ) Gang Way lifting, Life Boat Machinery.
Auxiliary Engine - Generator Engines, Cargo Pump Engines.
Auxiliary Machinery - Air Compressors , Pumps, Incinerator , Sewage System , Oily water Separator,
Fresh Water Generator , Bilge System , Ballast System , Fuel Storage & transfer , Lube storage &
transfer.
Domestic Services - Domestic Fresh water system , Galley Equipment , Air conditioning, Domestic
fridge.
Boilers & Steam Distribution System - Oil Fired Boiler, Exhaust Gas Boiler, Waste heat recovery , Feed
System , Fuel System , Air supply system , Soot Blowing , Steam distribution.
Other Misc in Engine room- Stores & spares Stores F Workshop F Repair & maintenance equipment.
Engine Room Space- Platforms (levels) - boiler - main engine - generator - bottom, funnel trunking, tank
top, pipe tunnel, emergency escapes, steering flat, workshop, ventilation, and engine control room
Type of ship- Container ship, Oil tanker, Bulk carrier, RO/RO, Passenger, Reefer, Supply vessel, etc.
Type of main propulsion plant- (Diesel, Steam, Gas turbine, Electric)
Type of Engine-Slow speed, Medium speed etc.
Type of main engine control- (bridge, UMS, ER)
Number of power units- (one or more main engine)
Type of drive- (Direct or Indirect), (Single or Twin propeller)
Engine is a complete set of items to move a vehicle (ship, car, truck), but it is also used for other
machines such as 'Generator engine, Diesel engine, Steering engine, Steam engine, which may indirectly
contribute in moving a vehicle.
Machine is a group ofcomponents (parts) put together to achieve mechanical output (tum a shaft, move
a substance, etc. For example, a'pump', 'purifier, drill machine, lathe, etc.
Equipment is an engineering component used for a purpose to achieve the desired result, for example, a
valve, a filter, etc.

Difference between the terms Main and Auxiliary.

Main purpose of the merchant ship is to move cargo from one place to the other. Machinery that
achieves movement of the ship is thus termed as Main engine.
However, we require other machinery such as pumps, purifiers, etc, to be able to operate main engine.
These other machinery necessary for the function ofthe main are called Auxiliary.

Difference between equipment and system.

System is a set of machines and equipment put together to achieve the desired outcome.
By itself, a valve is only equipment and is not useful without other items such as a pipeline, tank and a
pump.
Thus a combination of machinery and equipment goes to make a system, e.g. Cooling water system,
Lubricating oil system etc.

Chapter-1

Answer the following questions :

1) Write duties of Engine crew on board ship.

2) What is Engine room machiner ?
3) What are all the machinery spaces in ER ?
4) What are all the machinery items in ER ?
5) What is system ?
6) What is ME (main engine) ?
7) What is AE (auxiliary engine) ?
8) What is Auxiliary Machinery ?
9) What is Domestic services ?
10) What are the Boiler and Steam distribution system ?
11) What are all ER spaces ?
12) What are all the Types of ship?
13) What are all Main propultion plants ?
14) What are all the types of Engine ?
15) What are all the types of ME control ?
16) What are all types of ME drive ?
17) Wehat is Engine ?
18) What is Machine ?
19) What is Equipments ?
20) What is Main and Auxiliary ?
21) What is equipmets and System ?