What Does UMS Cargo Mean?

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UMS or

Unattended Machinery Spaces

is a marine automation system for ship’s engine room. Unlike conventional watch system on normal cargo ships, in UMS class vessels, there are usually no engineer officers on watch in the engine room (from 1700 hrs. to 0700 hrs).

What are the essential requirements for unattended machinery space UMS ship using PID controllers?

1) Local hand control of essential machineries like steering, emergency generator starting, emergency start for main engine etc. 2) Adequate settling tank storage capacity. 3)

Regular testing & maintainence of machinery alarms & instruments

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What is unmanned machinery space UMS )?

– Unmanned machinery space (UMS) –

Machinery spaces that are controlled from the bridge rather than from a control room located within the engine room compartment

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What are the safety precautions unmanned machinery spaces?

Safety precautions for Unmanned machinery spaces:


Personnel should never enter or remain in an unmanned machinery space alone

, unless they have received permission from, or been instructed by the engineer officer in charge at the time.

What is called a machinery space on board?

On a ship,

the engine room (ER)

is the compartment where the machinery for marine propulsion is located. To increase a vessel’s safety and chances of surviving damage, the machinery necessary for the ship’s operation may be segregated into various spaces.

What is machinery space alarm?

UMS or Unattended Machinery Spaces is

a marine automation system for ship’s engine room

. … If there is a malfunction in any machinery, an alarm will be sounded in the engine room as well as in the ‘on duty’ engineer’s cabin. It’s then the engineer’s duty to go down in the engine room and investigate the alarm.

What are the requirements for UMS operation?

  • Bridge control of propulsion machinery. …
  • Centrailised control and instrumatiom required in machinery space. …
  • Automatic fire detection system. …
  • Fire extinguishing system. …
  • Alarm system. …
  • Automatic bilge high level fluid alarm and pumping units. …
  • Automatic start of emergency generator.

What is UMS mode?

Activate UMS mode on your device

UMS Enabler is a lightweight app (less than 2 megabytes) that

lets you activate USB Mass storage mode with the memory card on your Android device

. Only with the memory card, though. The app doesn’t work with the device’s internal memory.

What signal do you hear at abandon ship?

4) Abandon Ship Alarm:


More than six short blasts and one prolonged blast on the ship’s whistle and the same signal on the general alarm bell

is used as an abandon ship alarm or sound signal onboard ship.

What is manned engineroom?

In a manned engine room, during every watch machinery data

is recorded manually taking the reading from the local gauges

. It is a common practice that watchkeeper’s assistant for that particular watch (TME, Oiler etc.) has recorded all-important machinery local parameters.

What is engineer call alarm?


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1 Engineer s call alarm system is also named engineers alarm system. It is designed according to t he IMO A. 830 (19) resolution. The engineers can use it to call or speak in cabins. It can be used as extending alarm of alarm equipments.

What are hazards working around engine machinery space?

Engine rooms by their very design are hazard areas to the unwary or unfamiliar for all sorts of reasons

automatically starting machinery

, loud noises, loud alarms, poorly indicated or signposted escape routes, ‘blind’ areas with no exit, etc.

What is the heart of the ship?


A ship’s propulsion engine

is what keeps the ship going at sea. Considered as the heart of any vessel, the marine engine of the ship takes the entire load to propel the ship forward. Of course, without an engine a ship is almost a “dead ship.”

What is a machinery space?

Machinery space means

any space which contains propelling machinery, boilers

, oil fuel units, steam, internal combustion engines, generators and major electrical machinery, oil filling stations, refrigerating, stabilizing, ventilation and air conditioning machinery, and similar spaces, and trunks to such spaces.

What is category A machinery space?

‘Machinery spaces’ are all machinery spaces of Category A as defined in 1981 SOLAS Amendments and

all other spaces

containing propulsion machinery, boilers, oil fuel units, steam and internal combustion engines, generators and major electrical machinery, oil filling stations, refrigerating, stabilising, ventilation and …

Why did Solas come into force?

The first version of SOLAS Treaty was passed in 1914 in response to the sinking of the Titanic, which prescribed numbers of lifeboats and other emergency equipment along with safety procedures, including continuous radio watches. The 1914 treaty

never entered into force due

to the outbreak of the First World War.

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