MERCHANT MARINE HIGHT SCHOOL.

MARITIME ENGLISH

FROM: THIRD DECK OFFICER LENIN BUSTOS DEL VALLE

TEACHER: MRS. GLADYS BARRAGAN

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PIRACY

GROUNDING

EXPLOSION

FOAM EXTINGUISHER
CO2 EXTINGUISHER
ENGINE ROOM
 PIRACY

 IN SIMPLE WORDS PIRACY IS AN ACT OF ROBBERY OR CRIMINAL VIOLENCE AT SEA

THROUGH ILLEGAL USE OF FORCE BY NON-STATE AGENTS, POPULARLY KNOWN AS
“PIRATES”.
 THE PROBLEM OF PIRACY HAS EMERGED AS A MAJOR THREAT TO SEA TRANSPORTATION
IN SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD.
 FOR EXAMPLE: IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY OF PIRACY ON THE OCEAN BOARD THE
DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALL (DSC) IS ACTIVATED.
 GROUNDING

 SHIP GROUNDING IS THE IMPACT OF A SHIP ON SEABED OR WATERWAY SIDE.

 GROUNDING MAY RESULT SIMPLY IN STRANDING, WITH OR WITHOUT DAMAGE TO THE
SUBMERGED PART OF THE SHIP’S HULL.
 FOR EXAMPLE: THE PASSENGER SHIP COSTA CONCORDIA RAN AGROUND IN FRONT OF
THE ISLAND OF GIGLIO, DUE TO THE CAPTAIN'S INEFFECTIVENESS.
 EXPLOSION

 AN EXPLOSION IS A RAPID INCREASE IN VOLUME AND RELEASE OF ENERGY IN AN

EXTREME MANNER, USUALLY WITH THE GENERATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURES AND THE
RELEASE OF GASES.
 FOR EXAMPLE A FIRE IN THE VESSEL IS ORIGINATED BY A SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE MACHINE
ROOM.
 FOAM EXTINGUISHER

 FOAM FIRE EXTINGUISHERS ARE ONE OF THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF FIRE
EXTINGUISHER, AND ARE GENERALLY USED FOR FIRES INVOLVING FLAMMABLE SOLIDS
AND LIQUIDS.
 FOR EXAMPLE: THE CREW EXTINGUISHES THE FIRE IN THE FUEL TANKS WITH A FOAM
EXTINGUISHER.
 CO2 EXTINGUISHER

 THE CO2 EXTINGUISHER IS EFFECTIVE IN FIGHTING FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS AND ELECTIC

FIRES. CARBON DIOXIDE EXTINGUISHERWORKS BY SUFFOCATING THE FIRE. CARBON
DIOXIDE DISPLACES OXYGEN IN THE AIR.
 FOR EXAMPLE: THE SAILOR FIGHTS A FIRE AND SUFFOCATES IT WITH A CO2 FIRE
EXTINGUISHER.
 ENGINE ROOM

 ON A SHIP, THE ENGINE ROOM OR ER IS THE PROPULSION MACHINERY SPACES OF THE

VESSEL. TO INCREASE A VESSEL'S SAFETY AND CHANCES OF SURVIVING DAMAGE, THE
MACHINERY NECESSARY FOR OPERATIONS MAY BE SEGREGATED INTO VARIOUS SPACES.
THE ENGINE ROOM IS GENERALLY THE LARGEST PHYSICAL COMPARTMENT OF THE
MACHINERY SPACE.
 FOR EXAMPLE: IN THE ENGINE ROOM HAS TWO HIGH PRESSURE BOILERS FOR WORKS IN
DECK.
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION