A merchant ship’s design includes tanks for cargo and fuel, with a focus on maintaining stability through regular monitoring of fluid levels. Accurate tank soundings are crucial for bunkering operations to prevent financial losses due to malpractices. Manual and automated methods complement each other to ensure precise fuel measurements and optimal performance.
In my previous post, we have discussed about pre-bunkering preparation and bunkering operation in particular and the described procedure applies in every port where the vessel intend to bunker. However, there are some specific requirements with regard to oil transfer onboard vessels and US authorities issue a set of rules that must be followed if…
Bunkering is a process of transferring fuel oil or lube oil in which two vessels positioned alongside each other supply fuel oil from one to another. Damage from poor bunkers and financial loss from insufficient bunker supply are key issues for the marine sector, and this because there is a lot of money involved due…
Vessel’s bunker line pressure test is a procedure of the outmost importance which cannot be emphasizes enough, although is ignored and avoided by many engineers sometimes due lack of time, lack of knowledge or fear that something would go wrong during test. Is very important to remember that the whole purpose of this periodical test…