Fresh Water Consumption of the Vessels

Abstract

Inasmuch as the log book has been the only basis to determine the daily fresh water consumption in vessels, there have been no methods to know the maximum peak load and the detailed distribution of fresh water consumption per day. This paper gives the result and our analysis of recording of running hour of fresh water pump by an automatic recorder as fitted on Kawasaki Steamship Company's New York Liner NEVADA MARU, during the period from June 26 to October 2, 1958.