Marine lubricants

For safety reasons, good housekeeping and treatment is essential on-board vessels with regards to marine lubricants. To assist with this, there is information on how lubricating oil is processed, the types of oil and lubricating principles for marine applications.

The use of incorrect lubrication oil for the main and auxiliary machinery can be very expensive. An understanding of lubrication oil and its properties has today become an important part of being an engineer. Seagull and Shell Marine have developed an e-learning module covering basic lubrication principles, properties of lubrication oil, and treatment and storing of lubricating oils.

Learning objectives:

• The refining process for base oils in general
• Housekeeping and treatment onboard the vessel
• Base oils, the different additives and the individual tasks of the additives
• Synthetic oils and their applications
• Basic lubrication principles for marine applications