"A professional marine engineer is responsible for the operation, repair and maintenance of major type of mechanical and engineered equipment on board a ship. There are a lot of mechanical systems that assists in many operations of vessels including electricity, propulsion mechanics, lubrication, power generation system, fuel system, water distillation, air conditioning system and lighting system etc. These are all included under the technical responsibilities of a marine engineer.
A marine engineer can operate different types of vessels that depend on his/her background training. This is categorized as follow:
A marine engineer can operate different types of vessels that depend on his/her background training. This is categorized as follow:
- Passenger vessels
- Foreign going dry vessels
- Foreign going tanker vessels
- Offshore platforms and ships
- Passenger vessels
- Dynamic position vessels
- Coastal trading dry and tanker ships
- Port assisting boats and ship "(20 Types of engineers).