STCW Marine Engineering

Practical Engineering has been developed under the guidance of IMarEST Fellows, Chartered Engineers, and Chartered Marine Engineers and supports the fundamental reference and learning needs of engineers. It is inspired by KVH Videotel’s widely respected COBALT series. Practical Engineering offers a practical, stimulating mixture of training styles, providing fundamental specialist knowledge for general work leading to assessment.

This part of the suite introduces steering gears, covering;

• Steering Gear Types
• Main Components
• Rudders
• Rules and Regulations
• SOLAS
• Tillers
• Crossheads
• 4 Ram Systems
• 2 Ram Systems
• Rapson and Trunnion Operations, and
• Rotary Vane Systems

Practical Engineering has been developed under the guidance of IMarEST Fellows, Chartered Engineers, and Chartered Marine Engineers and supports the fundamental reference and learning needs of engineers. It is inspired by KVH Videotel’s widely respected COBALT series. Practical Engineering offers a practical, stimulating mixture of training styles, providing fundamental specialist knowledge for general work leading to assessment.

This part of the suite looks at auxiliary machinery, concentrating specifically on;

• Valve Types
• Valve Components
• 3 Way Valves
• Operational Considerations
• Control Valves
• Heat Exchangers
• Shell-Tube Heat Exchangers, and
• Plate Heat Exchangers

Practical Engineering has been developed under the guidance of IMarEST Fellows, Chartered Engineers, and Chartered Marine Engineers and supports the fundamental reference and learning needs of engineers. It is inspired by KVH Videotel’s widely respected COBALT series. Practical Engineering offers a practical, stimulating mixture of training styles, providing fundamental specialist knowledge for general work leading to assessment.

This part of the suite introduces the basic concepts of boilers, covering a number of topics including;

• The Basic Boiler System Concept
• Boiler Classification
• General Boiler Fittings
• Gauge Classes
• Vertical and Horizontal Auxiliary Boilers
• Exhaust Gas and Composite Boilers, and
• Main boilers

Practical Engineering has been developed under the guidance of IMarEST Fellows, Chartered Engineers, and Chartered Marine Engineers and supports the fundamental reference and learning needs of engineers. It is inspired by KVH Videotel’s widely respected COBALT series. Practical Engineering offers a practical, stimulating mixture of training styles, providing fundamental specialist knowledge for general work leading to assessment.

This part of the suite introduces the basic concepts of diesel engines, covering a number of topics including;

• Theory of Operation
• Principles of Operation
• Safety Devices
• Fuel Pumps and Injectors
• Emissions
• Scavenging and Pressure Charging
• Engine and Propulsion Arrangements
• Bearings
• Two Stroke and Four Stroke Diesel Engines
• Fixed Components and Running Gears
• Engine Mounting and Vibration
• Engine Operation
• Auxiliary Systems, and
• Diesel Engine Analysis

Practical Engineering has been developed under the guidance of IMarEST Fellows, Chartered Engineers, and Chartered Marine Engineers and supports the fundamental reference and learning needs of engineers. It is inspired by KVH Videotel’s widely respected COBALT series. Practical Engineering offers a practical, stimulating mixture of training styles, providing fundamental specialist knowledge for general work leading to assessment.

This part of the suite looks specifically and fuel oil bunkering and transfer, covering a number of topics including;

• The basics od Fuel Bunkering and Transfer
• Health and Safety
• Material Safety Data Sheets
• Pollution
• Bunker Specifications
• Ships Records
• Bunkering Analysis Reports
• Fuel Oil Bunker and Transfer Systems
• Bunkering Sampling and On-board tests
• Fuel Quality Standards, and
• Quality Tests

Practical Engineering has been developed under the guidance of IMarEST Fellows, Chartered Engineers, and Chartered Marine Engineers and supports the fundamental reference and learning needs of engineers. It is inspired by KVH Videotel’s widely respected COBALT series. Practical Engineering offers a practical, stimulating mixture of training styles, providing fundamental specialist knowledge for general work leading to assessment.

This suite takes a look at pumps and pumping, covering;

• Reciprocating Pumps
• The Single Acting Pump
• The Simplex and Duplex Single Acting Pumps
• The Rotary Pump
• The Gear Pump
• The Vane Pump
• Cam Operated Pumps
• Screw Pumps
• The Hele-Shaw Pump, and
• Variable Delivery Pumps

Practical Engineering has been developed under the guidance of IMarEST Fellows, Chartered Engineers, and Chartered Marine Engineers and supports the fundamental reference and learning needs of engineers. It is inspired by KVH Videotel’s widely respected COBALT series. Practical Engineering offers a practical, stimulating mixture of training styles, providing fundamental specialist knowledge for general work leading to assessment.

This part of the suite concentrates on clutches and gearboxes, looking in detail at;

• Types of Clutches
• Clutch Arrangements
• Shaft Alignment
• Shaft Couplings
• Main Thrust Bearings
• Gear Shapes and Terminology
• The Functions of Gears
• Gears Design Theory
• Gear Trains
• Ratios
• Gearboxes, and
• The Steam Turbine Gearbox

Practical Engineering has been developed under the guidance of IMarEST Fellows, Chartered Engineers, and Chartered Marine Engineers and supports the fundamental reference and learning needs of engineers. It is inspired by KVH Videotel’s widely respected COBALT series. Practical Engineering offers a practical, stimulating mixture of training styles, providing fundamental specialist knowledge for general work leading to assessment.

This part of the suite looks at basic concepts of propulsion systems, covering a number of topics including;

• Stern Tubes
• Bearings
• Seals
• Propeller Shafts
• Controlled Pitch Propellers
• Steerable Propulsors
• Propeller Boss Cap Fins System
• The Contra-rotating Propeller
• The Asymmetric Stern
• Sator Fins, and
• Ducts

A complete update of the very successful Bridge Procedures and Bridge Resource Management series, this entirely new eight part training package takes as its foundation good resource management, and shows how important it is to every seafarer and how vital it is to keep to established company procedures at all times.

The series, which is filmed in high definition, includes eight separate videos and addresses the key issues defined by the STCW and SOLAS Conventions.

Practical Engineering has been developed under the guidance of IMarEST Fellows, Chartered Engineers, and Chartered Marine Engineers and supports the fundamental reference and learning needs of engineers. It is inspired by KVH Videotel’s widely respected COBALT series. Practical Engineering offers a practical, stimulating mixture of training styles, providing fundamental specialist knowledge for general work leading to assessment.

This part of the suite introduces fuel oils, covering a number of topics including;

• Cloud, Pour and Flash Point Temperatures
• Specific Energy
• Ignition Quality
• Calculated Ignition Index (C.I.I.)
• Calculated Carbon Aromaticity Index (C.C.A.I.)
• Cetane and Diesel Indexes
• Ash and Asphaltenes
• Carbon Residue
• Catalytic Fines
• Sodium
• Sulphur
• Vanadium
• Used Lubricating Oil (ULO), and
• ISO 8217:2017

Practical Engineering has been developed under the guidance of IMarEST Fellows, Chartered Engineers, and Chartered Marine Engineers and supports the fundamental reference and learning needs of engineers. It is inspired by

KVH Videotel’s widely respected COBALT series. Practical Engineering offers a practical, stimulating mixture of training styles, providing fundamental specialist knowledge for general work leading to assessment.

Practical Engineering has been developed under the guidance of IMarEST Fellows, Chartered Engineers, and Chartered Marine Engineers and supports the fundamental reference and learning needs of engineers. It is inspired by KVH Videotel’s widely respected COBALT series. Practical Engineering offers a practical, stimulating mixture of training styles, providing fundamental specialist knowledge for general work leading to assessment.

This part of the suite looks at main engine fuel systems, covering a number of topics including;

• Fuel Oil Supply Systems
• Service Tank Arrangements
• Temperature and Viscosity
• The Basics of the Viscosity Control System
• Differential Pressure Unit
• Inlet Fuel Oil Filters
• High Pressure Fuel Oil Pumps
• Fuel Pump Operation and Timing
• Fuel Injectors, and
• Mechanical and Electronic Control

Practical Engineering has been developed under the guidance of IMarEST Fellows, Chartered Engineers, and Chartered Marine Engineers and supports the fundamental reference and learning needs of engineers. It is inspired by KVH Videotel’s widely respected COBALT series. Practical Engineering offers a practical, stimulating mixture of training styles, providing fundamental specialist knowledge for general work leading to assessment.

This subject of the suite introduces the basic concepts of ship construction, covering a number of topics including;

• Load line and draft marks
• Watertight Divisions
• The Collision Bulkhead
• Stresses and Construction
• Dynamic and Structural Forces
• Methods of Construction
• Framing
• Floors and Plating, and
• Ship Stability