Engine Room Management

• Introduction

• 1. Engine Room resource management

• 1.1.1 Effective Communication

• 1.1.2 Allocation of resources

• 1.1.3 Planning & Co-ordination

• 1.1.4 Workload Management

• 1.2.1 Time & Resource constrains

• 1.2.2 Personal Relationship Onboard ship

• 1.2.3 Working in multi-cultural Environment

• 1.2.4 Situational Awareness concept

• 2. Preparation of Engine

• 2.1  Preparing Main Engine

• 2.2.1 Preparing Aux.Engine

• 2.2.2 Preparing Boiler

• 2.3.1 Aux. Machineries - Port & Port Operation

• 2.3.2 First Start Arrangements

• 2.4 Change Over Procedures of Fuel - Main Engine

• 2.5 Fuel Oil Changeover Procedures - Auxiliary Engines & Boiler

• 3. Maintenance

• 3.1 Objectives of Maintenance

• Classification of Maintenance

• Safety Measures - Ship Board Repair and Maintenance

• Preparation of maintenance schedule for machinery

• General Safety Precautions during maintenance

• 3.2 Preparing maintenance schedule for Main engine & Alternator.

• 3.3 Preparing maintenance schedule for Auxiliary Machineries

• 3.4 Overhauling procedure for various auxiliary machineries

• 3.5 Maintenance of Continuous running pumps

• 3.6 PMS Maintenance of Hydraulic Jacks & Tools

• 4. Breakdown Operations

• 4.1 Preparation of engines for emergency operation

• 4.2 Emergency repair for engine room machineries

• 4.3 Emergency steering

• 4.4 Propulsion Engine-Unit Cut-out

• 4.5 Emergency procedures for change-over from remote/automatic

• 5. Spare Parts Management

• 5.1 Preparing store inventory

• 5.2 Just –in – Time ( JIT ) concept

• 5.3 ABC Analysis

• 5.4 Consumable Store list requisition

• 5.5 Bunker estimates.

• 6. Monitoring of Engine Performances

• 6.1 Taking Indicator cards and Interpretation of Card

• 6.2 Trouble shooting from engine parameters

• 6.3 Crankcase Inspection,

• 6.4 Engine and propeller design

• 6.5 Oil Mist Detector and Other Safety Features

• 7. Management of Engine Room Crew

• 7.1 Engine Room Watch

• 7.2 Fitness for duty.

• 7.3 Duties & responsibilities

• 7.4 Main and Aux.Machines

• 7.5 Safety and Emergency procedures

• 8. Safe Engineering Watch Keeping

• 8.1 Routine pumping operations - Fuel Oil, Ballast Water

• 8.2 Routine pumping operations of fire pump and cargo pumping system.

• 8.3 Interpretation of functional tests on communication and control system.

• 8.4 Maintenance of machinery space, Log book and the significance of readings taken.

• 8.5 Safety precautions, observation & immediate action to be taken in event of fire or accident, with particular reference to oil systems.

• 9. Engineering watch (underway)

• 9.1 General, Taking over watch,

• 9.2 Periodic checks of machinery

• 9.3 Engine Room Log, Preventive repair and maintenance; Bridge notification.

• 9.4 Navigation in congested water and during restricted visibility

• 9.5 calling the attention of the Chief Engineer Officer

• 10. Engineering Watch (Unsheltered anchorage)

• 10.1 Conditions to be ensured. Watch-keeping (in Port)

• 10.2 Watch arrangements; Taking over the watch; Keeping a watch.

• 10.3 Oil, Chemical & Gas Tankers-Principles

• 10.4 Characteristics of Cargo; Toxicity hazards

• 10.5 Safety equipment; Protection of Personnel.

• 11. Pollution Prevention

• 11.1 Pollution Prevention Methods

• 11.2 Bilge Water Management

• 11.3 Bilge Water Management

• 11.4 Garbage Management

• 11.5 Sludge Management

• 12. Marine Environment

• 12.1 Marine Environmental awareness

• 12.2 Discharges to sea & their environmental impact

• 12.3 Proactive measures to control pollution & maintain environment.

• 12.4 Responsibilities under the relevant requirements of the International Convention

• 12.4.1 MARPOL - ANNEX I

• 12.4.2 - MARPOL Annex II

• 12.4.3 - MARPOL - Annex III

• 12.4.3 - MARPOL - Annex IV

• 12.4.4 - MARPOL - Annex V

• 12.4.5 - MARPOL - Annex VI

• 12.5 Conventions

• 12.6 Procedures and arrangements

• 13. Deck Machinery

• 13.1 Various types of deck machinery used in ships.