Joining of Ship after Class 4 COC (Certificate of Competency)

AlhumdulilAllah by the grace of Allah I joined MT QUETTA after a very long time (about 1 year). I signed off from my previous ship MT KARACHI (9 Months) sailing.

I joined the vessel from Karachi port. I came to Karachi on 02 march 2014 and completed my all documentation on Monday eg. Medical, Result card of 2^nd Engineer COC (Part A), Overhaul (Boiler Suits) and safety shoes from PNSC stores, KPT pass renew, then meet Abdullah Bhai.

When I completed all my documentation, I met with an Electrical Engineer (In Hindi/Urdu Bati Sahab) will name after checking in my mobile contact of the smartphone. I questioned many things from  Bati sahib. Yes, he answered also about the purpose of single line diagram, Which I had seen on MV Multan during my apprenticeship.

I nearly forget the pattern of my watch system. But after seeing and insuring it in only a single bird eye view I remembered back many things which I had learned in the previous ship MT Karachi.

Raza met me on 03-03-2014.  A meeting with Sardar sahib is good he came on the ship to pack his entire luggage. Then the very next day he told me about the entire things which he was doing as a 5^th engineer aboard ship.  Also he told me that the governor linkages were remaining to be greased. He told that shabab alam is a very nice chief engineer. He told me about my trainee engineer that they are good.

Raza told me that he was doing the following work

1.       IOPP tanks sounding

2.       Bunker tanks sounding (also type on computer in excel file)

3.       Log Book (also type on computer in excel file)

4.       Work done (also type on computer in excel file)

Transferring note down.

When I came to the ship and during my first watch I felt like that I don’t remember all the thing but with the passage of time inshaAllah, I will manage all my works.

During my watch today the following things I observed.

1.       No manometer at EGE

2.       No manometer at Turbocharger

3.       Marking on fire and GS pump no. 1 (suction valve)

4.       No alpha lubricator

What I supposed to study is safety and my duties in SMS of PNSC, Safety manual (which is present in Engine room, Smoke room, and bridge)

Check the name tele of Raza (which duties are assigned to him)

Check the fire and safety drawing of the ship

Check the pumping arrangement.

Also I learned from sir ammar today remind 1m3=1kL and

Metric tonne is basically mass of the body we get it by multiply volume x density

(30 April 2015) Later on, I discovered that the ON/OFF button of FD fan for boiler is different from MT KARACHI. It is adjacent to FD fan 02 but on MT KARACHI it on ME LO Tank.

A rough info during my apprenticeship

1. The spindle valve will be order from marine workshop (PNSC). It will be construct of  M/S. The dimension will be provide when ordering.
2. case hardening advantages are ; long life of metal, realibility, can withstand with long fatigue.etc. it is done by several methods ( nitriding, induction hardening, flame hardening, carbodizing,  and nitriding is most commonly used). Example of component are bearing journal, gudgeon pin, shaft.
3. The importance of maintaining the water level in a boiler to prevent the boiler from dehydration. This water is consuming up as steam is producing. So a constant water level is necessary for production of steam at a constant rate. If the water level is drop significantly. The fracture of plate and bending of tube may occur. If the water level is to rise significantly the thermal shock can be happened. steam will not be saturated or we can say that the output of the steam dryness will be effect.
4. reason of using pure water in boiler is to prevent the formation of  ……slag. To have minimum no. of chlorides, phosphate, carbonate.
5. precaution are gas free the vicinity, check any dangerous gas with explosimeter, electric fan is used for free circulation of air. Other wise the person may fatal, ……………..
6. when taking a watch the main point that will be checked as following.

·        Boiler is running normal.

·        Economizer/exhaust gas boiler is running normal.

·        Aux. Generators are running normal.

·        Main engine is running normal

·        Check the level of diesel oil(service tank), fuel oil(service tank), lub oil, fresh water (check also which side port or starboard is on consume)

·         Check that the log book is maintained in the previous watch.

·        And confirm form previous watch officer that every thing is running normal.

7. smoke detector work on principle that smoke can scattered the light. Thus as shown in the figure the photocell is located in another compartment with opaque restriction between the light and photocell. When smoke come, the light will scattered and fall on the photocell. Where it is amplified, and the bell will ring. It can be tested by smoke of a cigarette or butane.
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Class 4 MEO Combined from Various Sources (India, UK, Pakistan, Australia, Malaysia)