Commentary from a practising Chief Engineer. [What caused the Power Failure : The Dali Incident]

[image] retdmarineengineer: The main engine is an electronic engine and really nothing more than the lube pump is required to start the main engine (all others can be bypassed). Can this really be true? The application guide for this type of engine shows a FO Supply Pump, FO Circulating Pump …

I do not recall asking You but anyaway thx for Your opinion and be so kind and let me decide what is relewant or not when I am the author of the question. And if You and some other members of this quackademia arę offended by my presence Herę and the way of my reasoning and asking questions then …

Thx for Your input. I do not apply scrutiny to E/R ops as it is not my turf and there arę enough experts here who can do it . I am only interested in nautical aspects and that is all. Cheers.

Hi KP Correct. You need all the above pumps to ensure fuel, exh valve actuators, etc are fully functional. But these are much smaller pumps and and most likely will not be on the sequential start program that is designed to load the generators systematically such that we have no speed/frequency d…

Chief_Makoi_Transcript.pdf (79.1 KB) Very long so I posted it on a new thread. [image] Chief Makio Video Transcript Marine Incidents Transcript: On the 26th of March 2024, at around 0129 hours, the container ship Dolly collided with one of the pillars of the Francis Sco…

I didn’t mean that your question was irrelevant - I meant that the location of the pivot point is entirely immaterial/irrelevant to the incident. The Chief’s (understandable) lack of “proper” terminology for what is very much a deck department concept doesn’t invalidate the rest of his analysis. A…

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With regards to the black smoke, from the transcript: I thought they were trying to do crash astern maneuvers, and the black smoke was the result of a poor fuel-to-air ratio because they canceled the load limits of the main engine, you know, to quickly increase the speed. However, it was only 13 s…

[image] Doubting Thomas: From Solas emcy gen does not supply deck lights and frwd maneuvering light Some deck lights are typically also emergency lights analysing the EGen coming on/off based on deck lights would be an imperfect method.

Did the ship lose its main engine or not? I would think even if it lost electrical power the Main engine would still be running. The black smoke made me think they were trying to go full astern.

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