Understand the machinery that keeps a modern ship moving, powered, safe, and operational—from the engine-room floor to the technologies reshaping marine propulsion. Modern Marine Engineer Handbook gives aspiring and working marine engineers a connected foundation in the systems, machinery, science, and operating practices behind today's merchant vessels. Rather than treating diesel engines, electrical power, pumps, propulsion, safety, and regulations as unrelated subjects, this handbook shows you how they work together as one shipboard engineering plant. Inside, you will learn how to:Understand ship stability, buoyancy, resistance, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, materials, and corrosion Compare two-stroke crosshead and four-stroke trunk-piston marine diesel engines Work through fuel treatment, turbocharging, scavenging, cooling, lubrication, bearings, and engine troubleshooting Understand steam, gas-turbine, diesel-electric, battery-hybrid, and alternative propulsion systems Follow shafting, propeller, steering, pump, piping, ballast, refrigeration, HVAC, and deck-machinery systems Understand generators, switchboards, load sharing, automation, PLCs, blackout recovery, and unmanned machinery spaces Build practical knowledge of SOLAS, MARPOL, ISM, fire protection, emergency response, and pollution prevention Explore planned maintenance, condition monitoring, dry-docking, spare-parts management, and engineering documentation Examine LNG, methanol, ammonia, hydrogen, wind assistance, and the changing future of marine propulsion The handbook is written to support readers building their knowledge from the ground up while remaining useful as a reference once individual shipboard systems become part of daily engineering work.Build the systems-level understanding modern marine engineering demands—add this comprehensive reference to your technical library today.
