20 Possible Causes for Reduction in Ship’s Auxiliary Engine Performance

Power generation is a continuous requirement on board ships. A blackout situation even for a few minutes can lead to devastating results such as grounding, collision etc., resulting in heavy losses and danger to the ship and its crew.

A ship is equipped with multiple generators/ auxiliary engines to supply continuous power at all times. These power generating units are watched over and maintained by ship engineers.

A sensible ship engineer will try to run a minimum number of generators at any given period of time and look for maximum load, which not only ensures goodwill for the auxiliary engines but