Apart from taking the morning’s soundings (measuring how much substance is in various tanks) and performing boiler, hot tank and main engine water jacket water tests, today was spent cleaning up a huge mess. When the second engineer opened up the purifier (this separates dirt in particle and liquid form from the fuel) it was completely caked up with sludge which basically looks like a cross between coal and black oil. It was a seriously messy job getting it all back to how it should be (as it dismantles into many pieces), and took a lot of the afternoon.
This was caused by poor quality fuel and it sounds like this is the third time we’ve had the problem, apparently from the same people. I wonder if we’ll be using them again, and if we even have a choice?
Doing all the water tests this morning was good, as doing the Main Engine jacket water cooling tests is one of the tasks I have to be proficient in and get signed off in my training record book.
I’ve attached a photo of the purifier in full glory. I’ve also attached a photo of the ship with steel being loaded on today.
I forgot to mention, but yesterday afternoon I spent ages locating all the safety and emergency equipment on the ship – one part of this involved going to the front of the ship and climbing down ladders to get right to the bottom. You could see the bow thruster motor and tunnel, and this is also where the emergency fire pump is found on board. It was weird to be in such an unused and deep part of the ship.
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