Lahiru Wickramasinghe

Engine room management

1. Responsibility: I am the in-charge of managing the engine room staff and carrying out the duties of the engine room.

2. Assistance: I directly report to the chief engineer and also becomes the in-charge of the engine room in his absence/behalf.

3. Job distribution: I distribute and assign duties to all the engine crew members and act as a supervisor to them.

4. Housekeeping: I'm also the in-charge of engine room housekeeping and engine room garbage management.

5. Spares and inventory: I'm responsible for storing all the spares properly and keeping and maintaining a record of the spares’ inventory.

• Third Engineers report directly to the Second Engineer and are responsible for watch keeping duties, and the effective and timely completion of maintenance and repair activities on deck and in the engine rooms
• Third Engineer in charge of mainly Generator Engines and Boilers
• Record keeping of auxiliary engines and boilers
• Carrying out planned maintenance under the supervision of chief and second engineer
• In charge of maintenance of : 4-stroke generator engines (Make : Daihatsu, Man STX ranging from 300 to 1600 KW)
• Composite boilers (Aalborg boiler), water tube boilers and economizers
• Assisting second engineer in maintenance of: 2 stroke engine (Make : MAN B&W ME ( Electronic engine ranging from 43,610 to 51,000 kW)
• Conducting regular boiler water test and cooling water test
• Maintaining boiler water and cooling water parameters at optimum level.

• The Fourth engineer shall report to the Second Engineer, who shall assign the duties to him, both at sea and at the port and whose orders he or she shall consider effective and binding as though emanating from the Chief Engineer
• Moreover, the 4th engineer shall also assist the 2nd engineer when necessary in carrying out the duties of the latter
• Day-to-day duties of the fourth engineer 4th Engineer in charge of the Purifiers, Air Compressor, pumps and machinery other than the main engine, auxiliary engine and boiler, is responsible for the:
• Record keeping of machinery running hours under his charge
• For carrying out planned maintenance routines under the supervision of the Chief or Second engineer
• Taking daily tank sounding of fuel oil, diesel oil, lube and cylinder oil on board the Ship and record keeping of the same
• Acting as an assistant in charge to the chief engineer for operation during bunker of fuel, diesel and lube oil
• Completing the month-end official papers for his designated machinery

• Assisting with any planned maintenance work
• Helping to operate pump and fuel systems, distribution and electrical generating equipment, air conditioning plants, refrigeration systems, and cranes and lifts
• Stripping engines and inspecting their components
• Tracing out (following) the paths of oil, water or steam as they travel through the ship’s systems
• Taking note of daily logs from the equipment in the engine room
• Taking soundings (measuring how much fluid is in a tank.)
• Helping to keep watch in the engine room
• Cleaning, painting and greasing equipment.