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| In maritime transportation, the '''engine department''' or '''engineering department''' is an organizational unit aboard a ship that is responsible for the operating, maintaining and repairing the ] systems and the support systems for crew, passengers and cargo.<ref>Wise Geek: </ref> | In maritime transportation, the '''engine department''' or '''engineering department''' is an organizational unit aboard a ship that is responsible for the operating, maintaining and repairing the ] systems and the support systems for crew, passengers and cargo.<ref>Wise Geek: </ref> | ||
| It is also responsible for other systems such as: | It is also responsible for other systems such as: | ||
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In maritime transportation, the engine department or engineering department is an organizational unit aboard a ship that is responsible for the operating, maintaining and repairing the propulsion systems and the support systems for crew, passengers and cargo. It is also responsible for other systems such as:
- Electrical Power Generation Plant
- Lighting
- Fuel oil
- Lubrication
- Water distillation
- separation
- Air conditioning
- Refrigeration
The Engine Department emerged with the arrival of marine engines for propulsion, largely during the latter half of the 19th century. Due to the advancement in Marine Technology during the twentieth century, the engineering department is considered in merchant navy as equally important as the Deck department, since trained engineers are required to handle the machinery on a ship.
Nowadays due to the increase in Automation on Merchant Vessels and increase in the Unattended Machinery Spaces (UMS) class vessels the number of Marine Engineers have decreased drastically on board a Merchant Ship. Today the Engine department usually consists of the following number of Engineers and crew:
- (1) Chief Engineer
- (1) Second Engineer
- (1) Third Engineer
- (1-2) Forth Engineer
- (2-4) Junior Engineer
- (0-1) Engine Cadet
- (0-2) Oiler
- (0-1) Wiper
- (0-1) Fitter
- (0-1) Motorman
- (0-1) Machinist
See also
- Marine Engineer
- Engine room
- List of maritime colleges
- Marine fuel management
- Seafarer's professions and ranks
- Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
- Institute of Marine Engineers, Scientists and Techonologists
References
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