Staying one step ahead is the primary goal when it comes to keeping a clean engine room. It’s said that you can tell a lot about a captain by the way his engine room is kept, so when your reputation ...

The abuse our engine rooms take is perpetual: Pumps and equipment that literally never stop working always has us thinking outside the box for ways to improve the issues that we ultimately will be ...

An engine room fire aboard a Maltese-flagged tanker last year that resulted in $1.2 million in damages was caused by a maintenance error, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued recommendations for the installation of engine-room fire detection and fixed fire extinguishing systems on small passenger vessels that were ...

When talk turns to autonomous ships, a first question always centers on how routine and emergency repair and maintenance will be conducted. Trey Taylor, Director of Digital Innovation, Fairbanks Morse ...

Every year fires on board ships lead to loss of lives and severe damage to the ships themselves. Most fires on board ships originate in the engine room where the three ingredients for a fire, namely ...