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Marine Engineering Course

Work from boiler-room fundamentals through propulsion and daily watchkeeping to the supporting systems that keep a ship safe and operational.

5 lessons

4 modules · All lessons published and open

Recommended order

Follow the modules from 01 to 04, or open the lesson needed for your watch.

Engineering library

Module 01

Boilers

Build safe routines around heat transfer, water-side care, combustion, blowdown and gauge-glass checks.

01Marine Boiler Maintenance: Cleaning, Blowdown, Gauge Glass and Burner CareA video lesson with study notes on water washing, tube cleaning, soot blowing, boiler and scum blowdown, gauge glass blowdown, burner maintenance and furnace defects — with two step-by-step simulators and a 36-question self-test.

Module 02

Thrusters

Follow the power path from bridge command to transverse thrust, then connect operation with maintenance limits.

02How a Bow Thruster WorksA practical lesson on tunnel-thruster reaction, drive components, blade pitch, installation, safe operation, maintenance and low-speed limitations.

Module 03

Engines & Watchkeeping

Learn the rhythm of an engine-room watch: rounds, logs, trends, handovers and early fault recognition.

03Engine Room Watchkeeping: The Daily RhythmWhat a well-run engine room watch actually looks like, hour by hour.

Module 04

Ship Systems

Study the supporting systems that keep fuel clean, transfers controlled and the machinery plant ready.

04Centrifugal Separators: Purifiers and Clarifiers in the Engine RoomHow the disc-stack centrifuge keeps fuel and lubricating oil fit to burn — gravity discs, water washing, sludge cycles and the purifier-versus-clarifier decision.05Bunkering: A Safe Transfer ProcedureFrom pre-transfer conference to final draught survey — the discipline that prevents oil pollution.