The Most Common Failure in Marine Equipment: Loose Electrical Connections

When we talk about ship machinery — engines, automation, refrigeration plants, pumps, generators—the most frequent cause of failures is not a broken mechanical part.

In real life, the number one cause of faults on ships is electrical issues, and especially one simple problem:

Main engine protection failure. Troubleshooting

Greetings! Today we have a problem with the main engine, all protections have failed, an alarm has appeared on the BMS-2000III panel - “EPS Power Failure”. In this article we will figure out what this alarm is and how to fix this problem.

First of all, you need to understand what “EPS Power Failure” means, for this we refer to the instructions. EPS is the Engine Protecting System for the main engine. The power supply for this system has failed.

The main engine does not start. Troubleshooting

Greetings! Today we have a problem with starting the main engine; the engine cannot be started with air by the telegraph command “Forward” and setting a certain speed (the telegraph and the speed controller are not one common device here).

In the article we will find out what the problem is and what you should pay attention to during routine maintenance of the main engine control unit.

PLC failure. The cargo crane does not start. Troubleshooting

In previous articles we looked at various problems with cargo cranes, this time a PLC failure error occurred and cargo crane does not start.

What to do in such situation and how to restore the operation of the cargo crane will be discussed in this article.

Failure of the remote automatic control of the main engine. Actions of the ETO. Kongsberg Troubleshooting

Greetings! In this article, we will consider the actions of the ETO in case of failure of the remote automatic control of the main engine (real situation).

The vessel is equipped with the AutoChief C20 Propulsion Control System, which is very often used for fixed-pitch MAN MC engines. Produced by Kongsberg Maritime.

What is an internal monitoring for vessels automation?

Internal monitoring in the context of vessel automation refers to the use of various sensors, systems, and technologies to continuously observe, collect, and analyze data from different parts of a ship's internal operations.

This is crucial for ensuring the vessel's efficient and safe operation. Here are some key components and aspects of internal monitoring in vessel automation: