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Re:Cable-cutting tanker seized by Finland 'was loaded with s... by Normal_gaussian on Saturday December 28, 2024 @05:13AM (#42529919)
Whilst basic, its a critical and valid point. It is being made on a forum where shipping, ships, and related engineering issues are not well known (at all).

It does lead to questions about how backup and failover power work on large ships. Secondary generation? Central batteries? Per device battery failover?

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Re:Cable-cutting tanker seized by Finland 'was loaded with s... by pas on Saturday December 28, 2024 @05:28AM (#42529995)
Batteries, yes. And there's an emergency generator that runs on diesel (big ships run on "bunker oil") which can be started with batteries or manually.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_Y2VNS5TFFY (this one with a hydraulic hand pump)

https://marineengineeringonline.com/emergency-generator-on-s...

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