Sea Devil
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Can anybody tell me how you start the propulsion engine in a big ship like a tanker or container ship?
If the ship had been on anchorage for some time with presumably a 'domestic' power generator running but nothing else how do you start the main engine(s) and then transfer control to the bridge?
Does a modern (ish) marine engine require hand on maintenance whist it is running? Shaft greasing - water cooling if that's how it works?
Did not have much luck with my anchoring questions on this forum but maybe somebody can tell me about big ships engines?
Partly curiosity and partly for a book
thanks in advance
Michael
If the ship had been on anchorage for some time with presumably a 'domestic' power generator running but nothing else how do you start the main engine(s) and then transfer control to the bridge?
Does a modern (ish) marine engine require hand on maintenance whist it is running? Shaft greasing - water cooling if that's how it works?
Did not have much luck with my anchoring questions on this forum but maybe somebody can tell me about big ships engines?
Partly curiosity and partly for a book
thanks in advance
Michael