Mucky container ship?

[C2 RIBS]

Saw this fuel container running at the oil jetty today with smoke billowing out of the stack,

[Jizm]

Nice.
Makes you wonder. ......

[PeterM]

Surely just an e-tec with the wrong oil ?

[iceman]

Looks like to me its a crudie starting its engines up getting ready to sail !
Berth 5 at Fawley marine terminal , i should know because i work there !

[martini]

Originally Posted by iceman

Berth 5 at Fawley marine terminal , i should know because i work there !

Small world, I was there all afternoon as well!

[Leapy]

Originally Posted by C2 RIBS

Saw this fuel container running at the oil jetty today with smoke billowing out of the stack,

Not Euro 5 compliant then

[C2 RIBS]

Originally Posted by iceman

Looks like to me its a crudie starting its engines up getting ready to sail !
Berth 5 at Fawley marine terminal , i should know because i work there !

First time I have seen such an "aeriel slick" from starting, thought it was on fire first, must be a two stroke

[chewy]

When the marine diesels on here start up it looks like that, and thats running on diesel not crude!

[spartacus]

It's like a scene from 1939 and a Royal Navy Destroyer setting sail!

[Courageous]

Hmmm..... also possible they were "blowing the tubes" a process of blasting steam up the exhaust in order to clear the soot from the stack. It's a process we used to apply from time to time. Nothing unusual there really.

[kerny]

Originally Posted by Courageous

Hmmm..... also possible they were "blowing the tubes" a process of blasting steam up the exhaust in order to clear the soot from the stack. It's a process we used to apply from time to time. Nothing unusual there really.

Airline pilot barber now yer an able seaman

[Courageous]

Yes Kerny, man of many talents but never quite an able semen I was however for 12 years a marine engineer Forgotten a lot but NOT how to blow me toobs........

[willk]

Originally Posted by kerny

Airline pilot barber now yer an able seaman

It's all perfectly logical Kerny. It's about Interview Technique...
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Airline Interview: Tell me, Mr. Courageous, have you any experience in blowing your own trumpet?

Mr. Courageous: Well, when I was a Marine Engineer we often....
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Barber Shop Interview: Tell me, Mr. Courageous, have you any experience in close shaves?

Mr. Courageous: Well, when I was an Airline Pilot we often....

[Leapy]

[kerny]

[Anchorhandler]

As amusing as it is to hear grown men debate the finer points of 'blowing' things...., the real reason why so much smoke was bilowing out of the Sallie Knutsen's funnel was down to a failed combustion controller for one of her auxiliary boilers. The boiler in question was being used to drive two of her turbo cargo pumps when unfortunately the unit responable for ensure correct air/fuel ratio failed resulting in a hugh increase of fuel being admitted to the boiler's burners. It took a while to sort the problem out which obviously caused quite some concern in and around the Solent.

Dont think a ship that still 'soot blows' (ie; a steam powered vessel) has come into Fawley for about 17years now!... (your showing your age Courageous )

The incident did cause some concern amongst those that know though since another sympton of bilowing black smoke like we saw on Friday is an uptake fire....this can potentialy have disastrous consequences leading to the total loss of the vessel.

Simon

[Courageous]

Hmmm..... we soot blew on our diesel boats once a week, so it's not an exclusively steamy only practice Anchorhandler. Black smoke could be any fuelling issue really as this evidently actually was. You are however right, age is starting to be an issue for me unlike the colleague of mine who must have run off with Whelk's dog at some stage

[kerny]

Whelk!! where's yer dog ???

[willk]

Originally Posted by kerny

Whelk!! where's yer dog ???

ees bak at oobeedeeince classis

ee faylid fyrst simmeyster as hys teechir iss in hyr laste trymestir by himm

ees ay badd pup

[Courageous]