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Preventing Machinery Damage in the Maritime Industry

Learn about the causes of early machinery damage and how modern technology has evolved to prevent boiler bursts, shaft breakages, and engine failures. Discover the statistics on engine room casualties and the importance of maintaining ship machinery.

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Preventing Machinery Damage in the Maritime Industry

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  1. Bursting of Boilers and Breakage of Shafts IUMI – Singapore Conference September 2004 John Lillie Managing Director The Salvage Association

  2. Early machinery damage Causes of early machinery damage: • Boundaries of 19th Century materials technology. • Increasing pressure in boilers and power in engines. • When the tail shafts broke, vessels sank. • When boilers burst people died, vessels often sank too. • Rudder loss was a frequent cause of vessels foundering. • When was machinery added to hull?

  3. Typical Modern Slow Speed Engine

  4. Steam Turbine Engine

  5. Rapid change in recent times • Larger engines • Cheapest fuel • Drive for efficiency • Reduction of ship’s staff • Reduction of skills

  6. Particular Average Losses By Number By Cost

  7. PA Numbers by Claim Range

  8. Engine Room Casualties – Number Basis

  9. Engine Room Casualties – Cost Basis

  10. ER Machinery PA Losses By Number & Cost

  11. Dismantling a Main Engine

  12. Access cut in ship’s side to remove engine parts

  13. Temperature comparison between two engine exhaust pipes

  14. Remote temperature measurement

  15. What can happen when engines breakdown

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