Are microbes the invisible enemy? Some are benefical while others can be harmful to human health and damage goods. Unfortunately for the marine and offshore industries most of the microbes encountered fall into the harmful category and the problems they can cause are exacerbated by the marine envrionment.

Marine fuels are a major expense of most shipping operations and a thorough knowledge of fuel oil handling is fundamental to efficient ship operations.

Covering a wide range of chapters all to do with the water treatment on-board a ship

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This book describes two types of turbine which are utilised to drive a generator in various recovery systems – firstly the well-established combination of a steam turbine which runs on steam produced by a recovery boiler which extracts heat from the engine exhaust gases; the other type is termed a ‘power turbine’ and is operated by main-engine exhaust gas which is surplus to that required for the turbo-chargers.

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Coral Reefs provides a clear review of coral reef biology and ecology based on the work of the author, Orla Doherty as a young explorer and scientist with the Biosphere Foundation’s ‘Planetary Coral Reef Expedition’.

A book with a wide range of chapters all focused on CP Propellers.