Editing Engine room (section)

== Engine Control Room ==
[[File:Engine_control_room_on_oil_tanker.jpg|alt=Engine_control_room_on_oil_tanker|thumb|Engine control room on modern merchant vessel]]
Modern merchant vessels have a special space inside the Engine Room called Engine Control Room (ECR). This is the place where all machinery could be remotely observed and controlled. There are situated also most of or at least main electricity breakers. ECR is connected with the Bridge through compulsory engine-room telegraph which provides visual indication of the                           orders and responses.<ref>{{Cite book |last=IMO |title=SOLAS Consolidated Edition 2014 |date=2014 |publisher=Marine Press |isbn=978-92-801-1594-9 |edition=6th |pages=98 |chapter=Chapter II-1}}</ref> Other means of communication are phone and emergency phone lines as well as [[Local area network|LAN]] cables or [[Fiber-optic cable|fiber-optic cables]] depending on distance.

Human presence is not required to be round the clock in the ER due to high level of automation and computerization. Unattended machinery spaces are common practice nowadays.