The emergency generator was not configured to power the ship, the report said.
So was it just there for decoration or…
The emergency generator for all vessels is typically tiny compared to the standard generators (of which you have multiple, maybe 4 on this ship).
It’s basically just there to keep the emergency lights on and any other equipment you need to work to get everything else back up and running.
S’pose that’s fair. It does seem odd that the report would say the generator was “not configured” to power the ship, rather than not capable of it.
Both of those can be true, no? It was not capable to power the ship because it was not configured to do so.
Maybe. But can it be configured to power the ship? If so why wasn’t it?
The emergency generator is just there to power absolute emergency equipment: some lights, radio, onboard communication, stuff like that. Not for powering the whole ship. For that there are the main generators, of which that ship has four, and you need several of them running to actually do something.
The emergency generator is something the size of a trucks’ engine. The main generators are more like the size of trucks.
I’m curious as to what cost saving measures led to the electrical problems.
The cost saving measures that caused this was not having tug escorts to the far side to the bridge. Two appropriately sized tugs could have stopped or turned the boat without a problem.
How much can they save by not doing any regular maintenance
I see you’ve heard of the ferry and Metro service around Vancouver.
