The Venus / Lady “Yellin” Moura incident

Large vessels with air start systems have multiples of receivers to hold compressed air. I was taught to always keep two out of our six receivers at full pressure and valved off in case of emergency starts. As far as remote starting of mains from the bridge goes its really not an option with pre lube pumps and cooling pumps switched in the ECR or locally on the engine control enunciators.

I remember an old Huckins with air starters on some big OLD Cats.
Sadly a dock queen. Big, Big cast iron bottle under the rear master bed.
It would hold starting pressure for a few days but eventually leak down.
Then, a lil "Speed-Air" compressor in the power room needed to run for about 20-30 minutes to fill that big bottle up. Cold fire up the port main first so it's belt driven compressor would help build up air again for cold starting the stb main.
If the mains were warm, they both could be started on the first air bottle charge.

But even then, if bad weather was coming, everyone and their mother around here knows it's coming so what's 30 minutes in the big picture. Even if it took a hour to lite her up.

In good practice, the captain, mate, stew or even a pot washer should of been cross trained to start that ship up and not relie on one guy.
I can understand if that crew can't find a new job anytime soon...

I have C-18’s too. Yes, they take awhile to fully boot. However, they will start if emergent once the initial alarm light goes out when you turn the key on. So like 10-15 seconds.

A vessel Lady Moura's size carries 3 or 4 engineers + ETO's etc. and one is always on watch albeit maybe working in the lazz. or in a shaft ally and not necessarily in the engine room or ECR all the time while on engineering watch.

I was chief engineer on an old converted Danish hospital ship that had a single Burmeister & Wain Alpha 16U28 for a main engine that had no reversing gear or clutch system and the engine had to be stopped to go from fwd. to reverse through a fuel cam servo timing system and the air receivers had enough air for 6 starts or shifts for maneuvering so if we didn't have any tugs the captain had six chances to get her close enough to the dock for heaving lines or there was a 20 minute pause for compressors to replenish a couple of receivers for re-start. We seldom had tugs assist us on this vessel so the Capt. was a bit high strung and existed on a steady diet of Rolaids.

No offence but Berilda would be nothing more than a tender size and crew wise for Lady Moura. Certainly not apples to apples as far as what remote automation capabilities you may have from the wheelhouse, not even close

Now, There was MV Heck. Hydraulically started engines with bath-tub gears.
You hand pumped up the hydraulic pressure with a pump and 2 foot handle.
Almost invested in that boat till reality hit me,,, 9 foot draft..