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Name: Mr. S Srinivasan, 2/E The ship was in US port and expected to sail out in the evening. 2/E planned for economizer cleaning. Economiser was cleaned and secured by 1430 hrs. Ship finished cargo by 1630 hrs and sailed out by 1730 hrs. around 1900 hrs, bridge informed ER that fire had taken place Read More

Name: Capt. G. Vinodh Kumar After discharging the cargo in a oil tanker, the terminal requested for the flushing of the cargo lines with water. C/O decided to do it with the stripper pump, and after creating the necessary vacuum, ordered the cadet to crack open the manifold valve. The cadet instead of crack opening, Read More

Name: Mr Kamaraju Vadre C/E Good communication is preferred and must be there between individual persons. Understanding is very important in places where language problem exists. Pilots may give command for full speed, but the C/E should use his discretion, because at time the engine has to be stopped and reversed. Distance to reach may Read More

Name: Mr V Rajaram Ship came out of drydock (routine drydocking). On coming out of the dry dock, the main engine was started and found working well. After few minutes, Unit 5 exhaust valve was found knocking, and the sound was increasing. Suspected air lock, the hydraulic system of purged off air, but found no Read More

Name: Mr. R Manivannan, Chief Officer 1. Vessel departed Oman, for India and was in HRA (High Risk Area). 2 days after departure, 2/E while doing maintenance of Incinerator got injured on his right hand wrist – cut flush. First aid was given to him, and after 2 hrs Master spoke to the company and Read More

Capt Mookiah Rajasekhar The vessel was a product tanker, at Lagos anchorage waiting for discharging. Moderate weather condition. Another small vessel in anchorage was drifting due to her engine failure. Warning signal was given to the small vessel which was drifting. The tanker’s E/R was informed to prepare engines, but it could not be done Read More

Name: Anu Pavithran, Student ID: 89658,Rank: 3EO Class IV Summary: Now Flow Alarm came for Cylinder lubrication system. We took delivery of a vessel from Korea (75 60Mc-c-Oil tanker). After 5 months of sailing we were going through piracy area suddenly the (Shutdown) alarm came and ship stopped. After some investigation we found that the Read More

Name: Kollaparambil Vijaya Kumar Sreejith kamath, Student ID: 58700, Rank: 3/ E Class IV Summary: Main Engine start fails because of No fuel oil pressure in the rail (RTA flex Engine) Corrective Action/ Lessons to be learnt: Remove all the tools after finishing the job. Proper checks to be carried after your complete any job Read More

Name: Manish Khakhra , Student ID: 44906,Rank: Chief Engineer Summary: M/E liner & piston rings wear down Corrective Action/ Lessons to be learnt: To monitor liner & piston rings condition by vessels inspection report and by scavenge drain analysis at sea must be carried out at least once a month / unit Incident: When joining Read More

Name: Nidhin Ramakrishnan Premkumar, Student ID: 79657, Rank: 3/ E Class IV Summary: M/E LO Low pressure shutdown investigation During my entry into the control room suddenly a whistling sound and surging happened with alarm and found out that LO low pressure shutdown was activated we found the Reset for the alarm which was reset Read More