USCG Marine Safety Alert – küttesüsteemid ja kütuse ümberlülitamine masuudi ja kerge kütuse vahel

Selle mereohutuse teadeande eesmärgiks on suurendada teadlikkust ja näha ette üldised reeglid kütusesüsteemide ja kütuse ümberlülitamise ohutuseks, et püüda vältida laeva käikuvuse kaotust. Hiljutine USA Rannavalve uurimus ja laevaõnnetuste ülevaade näitas, et puudused kindlate süsteemide hooldamisel ja katsetamisel, kaasaarvatud kütusesüsteemid, on käikuvuse tõrgete üheks juhtivaks põhjuseks. Nõuetele vastavad protseduurid, väljaõpe ja hooldamine on laevadele olulise […]

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USCG Marine Safety Alert – electronically-controlled cargo pump engine components

For many years, cargo pump engines on weather decks of Subchapter D & O tank barges had mechanical-type start and control systems. The installation of electronically controlled engines on tank barges since the 1990s has introduced non-approved electrical equipment associated with engine monitoring and control systems into hazardous locations (Class I, Division I) on thousands […]

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USCG Marine Safety Alert – Inspection of fuel oil quick-closing valves

The U.S. Coast Guard strongly recommends that owners and/or operators, vessel engineers, marine inspection personnel and others involved with the technical examination of machinery space equipment fully understand the critical nature and importance of fuel oil quick-closing valves (FOQCVs) and associated systems. FOQCV systems must be well maintained and tested in the same way they […]

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