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Lube oil

Meaning in maritime & shipping, with examples

nounCommon term

In maritime & shipping, lube oil means: Short for lubricating oil: oil that reduces friction and wear and cools the moving parts of engines, gearboxes and other machinery.

In Turkish: yağlama yağı, makine yağı

How it is used

Engineers check lube oil pressure and temperature, send samples for laboratory analysis and order supplies. Main engines often use separate cylinder oil and system oil.

Example sentences

  1. Low lube oil pressure stopped the generator automatically.

  2. We will receive 10,000 litres of lube oil by truck at the next port.

Common collocations

  • lube oil pressure
  • lube oil sample
  • lube oil consumption
  • lube oil purifier
  • main engineThe large engine that drives a ship's propeller. On most large merchant ships it is a slow-speed two-stroke diesel engine connected directly to the propeller shaft.
  • auxiliary engineA smaller diesel engine that drives a generator to produce the ship's electricity. Most ships have two to four of them, so that one can be stopped for maintenance.
  • bunkeringThe process of supplying fuel to a ship, usually from a barge alongside or from a terminal. The fuel itself is called bunkers.
  • chief engineerThe most senior engineer on board, responsible for the main engine and all machinery, fuel and the engine room crew. The chief engineer reports directly to the master.

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