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by Madzng
Sat Oct 05, 2013 11:47 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Low charge air pressure
Replies: 6
Views: 11039

Re: Low charge air pressure

Have heard of instances where similar to your description below has happened and it is also described by ABB in the attached file, page 29. In short the deposits that build up on the worn parts and keeps clearances tight and the turbocharger efficient. When the turbocharger is cleaned, and returned ...
by Madzng
Thu Jul 25, 2013 3:42 am
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Costa Concordia - Five sentenced
Replies: 4
Views: 4901

Re: Costa Concordia - Five sentenced

Hi mrc82,

Thanks for the reply, I didn't know about the documentary. I'll have to and find it online to watch.

Welcome to the site.
by Madzng
Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:14 am
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Costa Concordia - Five sentenced
Replies: 4
Views: 4901

Costa Concordia - Five sentenced

This has been news for a couple days now, but I need some help to understand one thing: The Italian courts have passed sentence on five persons, involved in the Costa Concordia sinking/fiasco: Crisis Co-ordinator - two years ten months Hotel Director - two years six months Two officers and the helms...
by Madzng
Sat May 25, 2013 6:42 am
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Italy cruise ship Costa Concordia aground near Giglio
Replies: 187
Views: 118862

Re: Italy cruise ship Costa Concordia aground near Giglio

Out at last - taken from Maritime Executive May 24th 2013 Below is a summary of the long-awaited marine casualty investigation surrounding the fatal Costa Concordia cruise ship accident that resulted in the loss of 32 lives on January 13,2012: If the danger of fire has always been the utmost threat ...
by Madzng
Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:26 pm
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Another Carnival Triumph
Replies: 35
Views: 26858

Re: Another Carnival Triumph

Interesting article from gCaptain in response to the comments from Senator Rockafeller. http://gcaptain.com/cost-rescue/ Not sure I completely agree with the view point, I think the Coastguard have saved Carnival a lot of money, relating to salvage costs and probably reduced the size of the lawsuits...
by Madzng
Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:14 pm
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: CCTV in the engine room
Replies: 3
Views: 4152

Re: CCTV in the engine room

I sailed on a series of ships with cameras in the ER space, and on one of the ships the quick thinking mate on watch stopped an engine which he saw something (fuel) spraying everywhere. There were no cameras in the control room and I would not have been happy with that, they are a novelty at first a...
by Madzng
Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:16 pm
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Emma's engine under water
Replies: 30
Views: 24616

Re: Emma's engine under water

Taken from Lloyds List 25th March 2013 The world’s largest boxship’s engineroom is stripped, dried and cleaned in Sicily THE dramatic flooding of the world’s biggest boxship Emma Maersk is being blamed on badly installed cable penetrations between the engineroom and shaft tunnel, inspections have re...
by Madzng
Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:04 am
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Emma's engine under water
Replies: 30
Views: 24616

Re: Emma's engine under water

I've watched this discussion and have not been able to say much about the incident. The immediate actions of the crew I don't know, but I will say that the water tight door was shut.

Sorry, cant/wont say any more.
by Madzng
Wed Nov 28, 2012 1:42 am
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Italy cruise ship Costa Concordia aground near Giglio
Replies: 187
Views: 118862

Re: Italy cruise ship Costa Concordia aground near Giglio

Lloyds list - 28-11-2012 IMO chief questions where report is after nearly a year THE focus of some countries on prosecution, rather than investigation, after a maritime accident is the Achilles heel of the passengership industry and action must be taken to learn from the mistakes made in the Costa C...
by Madzng
Wed Nov 28, 2012 1:21 am
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Massive container ship on fire and adrift
Replies: 17
Views: 12115

Re: Massive container ship on fire and adrift

I was also very surprised at this, as an ex. seafarer I would have at least hoped he had the notion to phone or visit the bridge and mentioned the smell, especially after he had "spotted a thin, wispy plume of brownish-yellow smoke rising from between two stacks of containers". Hindsight i...
by Madzng
Mon Nov 26, 2012 8:20 am
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Massive container ship on fire and adrift
Replies: 17
Views: 12115

Re: Massive container ship on fire and adrift

Taken ffrom Lloyds list - Friday 23rd November 2012. Passenger Johnny Rosen reveals what happened in the hours immediately after fire broke out on MSC Flaminia MOST maritime disasters occur far out at sea, well away from the cameras, and attract little public attention. Rarely is an independent witn...
by Madzng
Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:03 pm
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Italy cruise ship Costa Concordia aground near Giglio
Replies: 187
Views: 118862

Re: Italy cruise ship Costa Concordia aground near Giglio

Below are the first comments I have seen from any of the Engineers. Costa Concordia captain failed to understand scale of disaster Giuseppe Pilon, who rushed to the Concordia's engine room immediately after the accident, and another engine room officer, Giovanni Iaccarino, spoke publicly about the t...
by Madzng
Wed Oct 10, 2012 2:37 am
Forum: General Job topics
Topic: UK Crewing Agent Director Found Guilty of Withholding wages
Replies: 1
Views: 4713

UK Crewing Agent Director Found Guilty of Withholding wages

A magistrates' court has found a director of a crewing agent operating in the UK guilty of withholding approximately £21,000 in pay from four seafarers. The court in Liverpool ordered Susan Myers, who is also known as Susan Leech, a director of Relay Marine UK Limited, to pay fines and costs totalli...
by Madzng
Sat Jul 28, 2012 5:20 am
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Alfa Laval PU 100E
Replies: 4
Views: 7137

Re: Alfa Laval PU 100E

I remember at least a couple times when I was fourth that I saw something exactly like this. The LO purifer (Alfa Laval) woud be shut down for routine overhaul, nothing abnormal with its operation, but when opened up all the solids would be on only one side of the bowl and no obvious signs of lumps ...
by Madzng
Thu May 03, 2012 9:47 pm
Forum: Training Room
Topic: Container ship fires
Replies: 7
Views: 9498

Re: Container ship fires

Feasible yes, but some quick thoughts below; Any system to operate properly would need to take up space, potentially reducing the volume that the shipper has available for his goods. Containers are roughly handled, and the allowable space around the box can be tight, meaning the extenal conection to...