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Taking Over Second Hand Oil Tanker As C/E What Will U Check W.R.T To Engine Room.
Whi
Time What Important Things Will U Look In To.
Recommendations/ Coc, Defect/Repair/Survey Immediately To Deal With,Defect/Repair/Survey Recent
List,Non-Conformity, Deficiency,Filing System, Any Ongoing Correspondents With The Company,Safety
Party Inspection Reports.
During PSC Emergency Fire P/P Not Working What Will You Do For Ship To Sail.
Sea Water And Hydraulic Pipe Line How Will U Order If No Line Diagram Or Manual Or Impa.
How Water Ingress Alarm Is Tested.
How Will U Ensure Sewage Effluent Have Correct Chlorine When No Test Kit.
How Will U Test Sewage Discharge P/P.
What As C/E Will U Check In Propeller Curve.
Is Bunker Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate Is Mandatory For Crude Oil Tanker.
How Will U Find Out Any Overboard Valve Height With Respect To Water Line.
What Is Safety Equipment? What Will U Check In It?
How Co2 Fixed Fire Fighting Line Is Hydraulically Pressure Tested.
Ship 12 Years Old What Instruction Will U Give To Co2 Service Engineer And Your 2 Engineer.
What Will U Check In Fixed Co2 Bottle Biannually/ Intermediately/ Renewal Survey? Mention Content T
No Approved Service Station In That Port What Will U Do? Ans : Should Get Dispensation From Flagst
Port Where Company Can Arrange Filling Of Bottle.
Life Boat Inspection Regarding Annual And 5 Yearly?
How Much Is The Weight Of Empty Life Boat ?
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Approximately Figure Which Is 3500kg.
Where Will U Get To Know About Life Boat Weight ?
Ans
Certificate.
Life Boat Lowering Speed?
Ans: 36mts/Min.
Define Annual Survey?
When Will Intermediate Survey Is Held For Safety Construction, What Will Be Done? Said Things Given
Tail Shaft Survey What Are All The Measurements Will U Instruct Your Junior To Note Down?
Ans: I Will Instruct To Drain Stern Tube Oil To Storage Tank An
Stern Tube Wear By Checking Propeller Drop, Crome Liner Wear, Before Removing Propeller Note Do
And Mark Its Initial Position.
Instruction To 2eng With Respect To Dry Dock.
Procedure For Taking Propeller Drop, From Where And How Will U Take It?
Where Wire Rope Is Attached In The Drum And What Is It Called As? Ans: It Is Called Anchor Point, W
Will Get In Reeving Diagram
Hull And Machinery Claim Conditions? Ans : Mentioned About Things Covered And Not Covered, He Q
Willfull/Reckless/Personel Act Of Owner.
A.E Crank Shaft Damaged Under What Circumstance U Cant Make Insurance Claim .
Example For Insurance Claim Can Not Be Raised Due To Negligence /Willfull Act Of Owner?
I Replied Machinerey Damaged Occured Due To Improper Maintenance, No Proper Re
A Claim.He Told, If Not Doing Maintenance You Think Your Super Will Sit Simply, He Will Shout At U. I S
Khowing It Will Lead To Damage Is The Lack Of Due Deligence And Not Given Proper Training. To Ship
Out There Duties And Recklessness Of Super All This Comes Under Improper Implementation Of Com
System So Claim Will Not Be Covered.
He Questioned Who Are All Will Come Under The Meaning Of Assured/Owner?
What Is Charter Party?
While Mentioning Bareboat Charter Party Say Definition Of Company Given In Ism.
When Will The Voyage Charter Party Will Start? I Replied Vessel Has To Arrive With In Laycan And Mas
The Charterer Or His
Agent Only During Working Hours, Charterer Has To Accept The Nor From T
Start.
Asked More About Clauses, Obligations And Terms Stated In Voyage Charterparty And Time Charterpa
Download Charter Party Agreement Sample Form From Bimco .
On What Basis Frieght Is Paid In Voyage And Time Charter? Direct Answer Only.
What Is The Period Of Bareboat Charter? I Said For About 10 To 25 Years.
Why Oil Major Inspection Is Carried, Who Will Do Out And How Many Inspection Have U Faced?
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when is cyl. hyd. tested? why ? got confused but then told him to check if there is any permanent deformat
by shore work shop so i dont know but read it some where....water tank method which we studied in class
Which certificates are issued for CO2 fixed fire fighting system?
Thinkshi
CO2 systems has a 2yrly shore service requirement where bottles are weighed and the line blow test is ca
alarms etc this is common for most flags as prescribed by IMO, then there is a 10yrly hydro test and 20 yr h
intensified to 5 yrly after the 20th year. The percentage of bottles to be hydro tested vary from flag to flag, u
managers prefer to do it 100% to get it out of the way, it usually works out cheaper that way. The approved
service will issue a test and service certificate and a work done report which will indicate exactly what servi
endorse the SEQ(safety equip cert) for the respective annuals (i.e 2nd and 10th annual) basis this service
Marpol Annexe 1 what ships - to all Ships (All Ships includes all marine craft including barges, drill rigs, su
platforms)
Y tankers 150 grt and cargo 400 grt reason for dis difference while in annex 1??
Ows latest?..... told him circular 205 and explained but he wanted circular 107, explained it.
Difference b/w Mepc 60(33) and 107(49)
What are the latest guidelines regarding ORB entries?
L.O Tests/ Analysis Report.
What are the differences between the 2005 , 2010 & 2012 versions of the ISO 8217 standard?
Name the various grades? Which properties have changed and what are the new values?
What is the new Sulphur percentage requirement?
SECA & N.Amer ECA - Residual/ Distillate fuel
time relaxations for Change over.
upto 24nm from coast.
type of steels and where they are used on board......explained the types but told him dont know which grad
what is problem with high tensile strength steel?
What Is Tempering? Give Examples.
Imo Shipping Requirements... I Asked For Rough Paper. Paper Was Given I Had Written Numerator Of Att
Correct, Didn't Allowed Me To Write Denominator. . Then On Spinning Table.... More & More.
drydock and under water inspection and their ideal time and which convention....notation of underwater ins
conditions to get a uwild notation.
what type ships hull roughness Analyser used? why it is required? Values.. Where it is used?
hull roughness analyzer, roughness profile, values of roughness for new ship and 5 yr old ship.
What is resistance? Types, what is frictional resistance, formula,percentage
various stages of sea trials?
difference between shop trial and sea trial?
me engines -all thing right from astern to ahead sequence manvr. dig to all safeties.current changes and w
Latest Rtflex engines. ..x question why rtflex uses low pressure gas injection where as ME GI has high pre
diesel cyle otto cycle miller cycle difference and advantage
What Is New In Main Engines:- Mce , Dual Fuel.. But Wants More.
M/E TURBOCHARGER: Told The Different Types... Wants More
intact stability? Stability book.?
damaged stability for gas ship? Which regulation?
P&I club, how fund is collected? What if too much claim even after supplement call? (went very deep)
P&i club all details about advanced and supplementary,why and about everything.for every answer he has
rules of club of each transaction.
During a port stay, you called a shore gang to carry out hot work on your vessel.There was an explosion re
staff and 2 ships staff.The explosion also caused damage to a vessel moored nearby.How and by whom w
documents must you provide as Chief Engineer?
Why would P&I and H&M Insurance pay for such damage caused by mistakes or negligence of ships crew
modern techniques used for apparisal.
Archepelagic water ,and countries jurisdiction.
difference in rule/code/reulation
what is anti fouling paint, why used, what was problem with previous paints , what is new in anti fouling pai
If psc wants to check the compliance with anti fouling convention, ur action?
ME Gi and ME LGI ships under what convention?
bunker and clc convention and their differences.
Narobi convention in detail
Container convention tyre wt , and in more deep
latest solas and marpol he want why this came and what change so many cross question
define sailing vessel
what do u understand by PR, UI.
What are the statutory surveys carried out by class, x question on the same.
He put cross section of B/C before me asked to ellaborate as to how failure occurs ...
which led to ch12 ........
why struts webs girders e
2. Esp Code
What Is It?Result Of Which Ship Disaster?
What Is Special Survey? Difference Between Special Survey And Renewal Survey?
Conditions Of Coating? For Fair Coating What Is That 20% Area?
What Is Substandard Condition?
What Is Esp File?Its Containts?
How To Prepare For Esp Survey?
How Will U Carry Out Survey Of Db Tank And Ballast Tank?What All Areas U Will Pay Attention To As U Ca
Area?
what is difference in imsbc & bc code
What is IMSBC code? What was it called before?1
Why is it dangerous to carry liquified cargo, group A?1
What is free surface effect?1
What effect does it have on ship stability?1
What is angle of loll?1
Tell me regulation for igg....for which i was not prepared and told the regulation but was confused ....basis o
what is grt and what is dwt?......answered.why dwt is important for tankers and grt is important for any othe
ans,
pump room safeties and went in to detail about ventilation system and location of suction and gas detectio
pump room safety but all in details right from constuction criteria to design point and why all are necessary
have to ammend the rules.
pv valves-digram and testing,what rule from what reference and which section it is mentioned.on board tes
crossquestioning
hot work on deck preparation? safeties? procedure?
who issues permit?
zones on tanker define , explain.
gas freeing procedure?
product tanker desin and constructional detail.
What type of cargo tank did your ship have? How will you carry out an inspection of an LPG cargo tank and
of damage that can be expected?
Differentiate between the IGC code & the GC code. Name the amendments to the GC code. Is the GC Cod
What are the damage assumptions in the IGC code?
What is ISGOTT? Is it related to Gas tankers or Oil tankers?
What is SIGTTO?
Who is benefited most by SIRE vetting? What is the purpose? What is OCIMF? What are oil majors?
What is the firefighting medium used on deck on Gas carriers & Chemical Tankers?
What is DCP? Is DCP the same as DP? What is the chemical formula of DCP?
What is the maintenance routine for DCP systems? What is the propellant? Why is Nitrogen used instead
You are required to carry out hotwork on the deck of an LPG carrier. How will you go about it? What prepar
permission required from the company? Is there any statutory requirement stating that you have to ask the
difference between LPG and LNG,why LNG not carried in LPG.
OSV code.(for those only who has don offshore ships.)important features.
Single Stage Air Compressor Pv Diagram And Show In Pv Diagram The Changes Due To Bottom End
How Does The Temp In Different Chambers Being Maintained In A Ref Plant
Placement Of Fire Main Isolation Valves
How Redundancy Is Achieved In Rotary Vane Type Steering Gear
Steering Gear Motor Safeties With Reason For Alarm And Stoppage In Every Safety Provided.
Steering Gear Limit Switches And Stoppers?Why Can't Move 70 Degree Both Side?
Steering Gear Safties - 1. Overload Alarm 2. 200% insulation for cables & Motor 3. No over load trip
failure alarm 5. start / change over failure alarm 6. High temperature alarm 7. Tank level alarms 8.
9. Reliev valves 10.
Function Of Hunting Gear In Steering
Steering gear hunting , checks carried out & reason, what is hunting. Ur action.
i told about words changed such oily water bilge n sludge...says recent told any thin
tank arrangement between bilge well n BHT...says no i said dont know lateron asked a
ozone dep substances record to be added in ORB
If any1 could elaborate further would be better for all
6) STP what requirements for testing and o/b discharge told about e coliforms asked m
value required before dich, like as we hav 15ppm in ows
told dont remeber the value but carried out test onboard
asked about BOD said dont remember
i told about sea water act for california waters requirement, but he kept on asking t
requirement to disc o/b
7) BWM requirement told about the methods water exchange n performance standards (AOT
oxygen stripping). also told regarding MEPC 64 as 5 equipments are approved by Imo...
8) what are ozone depl sub, how they cause damage to us, which are the ODS, diff betw
which is more harmful what record maintained onboard,where in atmosphere is ozone lay
size.....i told ozone is one of the contibutors to global warming, ODS are effecting
causing damage thereby which the sun rays are being tranmitted. i told halon, r11 are
asked how can heat rays pass down but cannot go back told gases combine with each oth
10)what are MBM,what are carbon credits, what measures taken to reduce co2.told about
credits, asked to explain did so,told about EEDi & seemp,required and attained eedi.t
asked about indias stand on it
told there are 3 levels develoed, developing and funded,as per durban conf indias sta
india is a developing country. told about the next COP in doha, qatar to be held in d
-deck audit how to carry
-casualty definition, what is casualty code, whom to inform
-preamble of MS act
-what is imo
-how is convention come into being,who makes it(committe),and total process until EIF
-what is HV
-syllabus where to find n new sylabus where to find and whats new added
-new develpments in engine
-is ISm code mandatory, why relate it to convention for making it mandatory
-BWm techinques, what about filteration
1. How may type of ship as per solas Pass ship and cargo ship
2. Definition of Passenger ship and cargo ship told both definition
3. Definition of Passenger
10. Stopped again asked about Cargo ship safety cons. certificate
11. Cargo ship safety equipment certificate
12. stopped me and asked Difference between Cargo ship safety certificate and cargo s
equipment certificate
13. Have you sailed on containers ship
14 Have you read IMDG code
14. what is IMDG code and which convention it's related to?
15. what is class1 and class 2 dangerous goods?
16. How SMS is formed and who are involved in this process.
17. Make list of emergencies associated with Emergency Towing vessel
Made list of 9-10 emergencies and not able to write related to Above vessel
18. Define EEZ
19. In india in case of emergency at coast whom u contact
20. Mandatory Insurance For ship
21. Difference between Passenger and cargo ship in relation to fire protection I said
capacity but couldn't not answered the difference b/w capacity
How u find out he is incompetent I said Company SMS define specific duties and respon
he is not able to full fill
he is incompetent.
24. ISM objectives
25. GHG convention I told UNFCC
26. Asked about above and on kyoto protocol
Answered with detail with MBM, carbon credit etc
27. OPRC
28. IOPP cert Content
Answered with form A and Form B supplement
29. Details on above form answering stopped in b/w asked difference b/w MEPC 107(49)
30. U have sewage holding tank no STP how u discharge
31. New developments told about sewage special area and North america and canada as E
32 asked about ECA and SECA
33 Nox Tier I, II, II limits
34 EMG prepardness
Told about ISM and Details
35 Responsibility Of costal states in EEZ
Co-relation between DOC and SMC of particular ship
Ans: DOC is for management company and SMC is specific for your ship. The DOC must in
type otherwise you cannot manage that type of ship. i.e if DOC is for Tanker and carg
cannot manage a Passenger vessel until such time the management gets audited for Pass
U have cochin & Chennai mmd r there..i said seat limitation are there..so u got seat here.i told
QUESTIONS:
1. What are the conventions not from IMO but related to shipping?..UNCLOS & ILO(MLC)
2. How many conventions are there? totally 62 conventions
3.What is marine board?
4What is OPRC?is it india a member?.Where is in ms act?
If oil pollution occurs in india?who will come for to clean the oil?
5. MLC when enter into force?
How many titles are there? Tell about all the titles?
6. Code convention regulation article definitions?
7. What are the imo making goals to reduce carbon emissions globally?
8. UNCLOS explain features? Tell about all of these territorial sea,contigous sea,continental sh
introduce yourself, tell about few (technical) major problems you faced onboard during your s
1. operational measures to reduce carbon emmisions from ships.
2. co2 shore based tests, requirement for ER and how it is calculated for fixed firefighting in E
3. emergency fire pump not working and COC is given by class surveyor, your actions as CE.c
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CLC convention
what are the codes relevent to solas chapter II-2, how you will test A-60 bulkhead
class n RO. is class also RO only ? x-questionong
UNCLOS and duties of coastal state
code and convention.definition. and x-questioning.
9. under STCW where can you find the levels for officers related to exams and what are these
10. passenger ship definition.
11. scientists and divers are they passengers,if not how are there rights covered and mention
2. IOPP certificate. What are its supplements? Form A & Form B. Applies to what all ships?(Guys for form B there is a clause th
oil tankers carrying more than 200t of oil in cargo space should need Form B. He specifically wants to hear that.)
3.Difference between survey and Audit?
4.STCW 2010 amendments which are in force as of today.
5. DOC & SMC certificates.Audit frequency for that.X questions.
6. Fixed fire fighting system maintenance and checks. X questions with window period & high pr lines testing pressure.
Write down ur previous attempt questions
2. Certificates not having surveys
3. STCW 2010 manila amendments.. How its enforced
4. Condition of Class, who issue? Role of flag state ( not clear abt the word role )
5. Condition of assignment, definition and purpose
6. Ballast convention, what is regulation D2 and present status
7. How many levels in STCW, (i got confused, then he asked whats ur level, i said management level, then he asked total how
8. Gave a paper and asked me to write down Functional requirements of ISM and also as CE how u develop SMS onboard?
9. Difference between policy and objective
10. Things insurance company makes sure before issuing insurance and how?
Finally he said im passing u but still u need to improve more.
Tht's all i remember... If i get something ill update in comments section.
1. Introduce yourself (name, education, pre-sea, company and flags of vessels)
2. What type of ships you sailed on? Oil Tankers
3. Define Oil Tanker as per SOLAS.
4. Is oil tanker a cargo ship? I said no, oil tanker is different from cargo ship. (Then he said as per SOLAS (this is as per MS Ac
which is not a passenger ship is cargo ship, so? I said yes sir oil tanker is a cargo ship).
5. Define passenger ship.
6. Define passenger.
7. Differentiate between intact stability criteria between oil tanker and passenger ship.
8. List down damage stability criteria of a passenger ship on a paper. ( He was busy on a call for 10 mins and I kept writing the
9. Ok, read what you have written, is it correct? yes sir.
10. How damage stability is achieved, and what is all those angle of heels in damage stability criteria of passenger ships?
19. What is the timber ships freeboard assignment lesser or more and why? I got stumped on this questions, I said timbre is l
hence lesser freeboard is assigned. He said are you sure? Anyways he left the question in between and asked the next one.
20. How as a C/E you will develop ISM onboard? And then cross questions on ISM implementation.
21. What do C/E has to know before implementing SMS onboard? I said all rules, regulations, full knowledge of SMS, SWP etc
looking for something else. Then he said first C/E has to identify what is lacking and then he can go for implementation.
22. Scenario M/E two units are cut off and you are in port, but you still cannot effect repairs, what precautions you will take pri
sailing? There was lot of discussion this on question and then he said you wait outside and prepare a list of all questions that I h
answers that you have given and try to thing about the M/E answer in more detail.
In between he took oral of another fresher candidate and passed him and then called me again after 10 mins.
23. Repeat all the questions with the answers that you gave me.
24. At CO2 question he asked me what maintenance you will carry out during intermediate inspection. I said apart from weighin
system and check if nozzles are clear.
25. Nozzles are too big how will they get choked? I said due to rusting of pipe.
26. What is the material of CO2 pipes? I said I dont know but I can guess and tell you. He got little angry on the word guess a
asks you something and you dont know dont guess, find the answer and then tell him. Little more discussion on training of juni
onboard culture at present.
27. M/E scenario question then I answered in detail.
Then he said you were very smart in your answers but you need to improve more, you are PASSED.
1) Tell us your background
Ans: MERI Kolkata, 2007 batch, working as 2/E, IAS Shipping. Crude Oil tankers.....
2) What Captain will do when two ships collide?
Ans: Captain alone cant do anything, we will proceed as a team, muster, first save lives on both ships, look for pollution damag
require assist other ship and her crew. Take all measures to prevent pollution or minimize damage, if require transfer oil. Follow
inform concerned parties. Fire patrol, lifeboat readycollect all datasalvage...next question
Ans: I was not prepared, for this said abnormal shell growth was found in great lakes in 1980s.i m not sure about this answer
6) Bio fouling?
Ans: as per MEPC 207(62) guidelinesnext question
7) CO2 total flooding system maintenance.
Ans: as per MSC. Cir 1318 n ENG cir 6 of 2013.5 yearly and 10 yearly.next question
8) Types of lien?
Ans: Maritime lien
9) CE duties as per ISM? Tell specific elements dont tell story
Ans: Element 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11...next question
10) CLC, LLMC, BUNKER, FUND ALL THREE TIERS? IN ORDER
Ans: CLC 1969, fund 1971, LLMC 1976, CLC n FUND 1994, Supplementary fundwas telling SDR amountsbunker convent
india?...I said ratification process is going onI read on dg websiteRelated to MS ACTXA, XB, XCnext question
11) Ism intermediate audit?
Ans: Company should request DGS for audit, window period 2nd to 3rd anniversary datehe cross checked date? I was firm
12) Two ships at Spore anchoragedue to bad weather both masts got damaged. One ship got claim other didnt get anything
Ans: depends upon how much value of deductible for each shipboth agreednext question
13) Pump room Safeties?
Ans: Double bottom tank protection as per annex I regulation 22, B/15, 2 m whichever is less and atleast 1m.and as per ISGO
SOLAS.next question
And few more questionsAll this finished in few minutesrapid questionsdidnt allow to complete any a
said, I am passing you, keep working hard and saw my EXN-45
1)Write down the questions asked in last attempt.
2)What is sailing vessel?
3)Tell about National Shipping Board..Present Chairman.
4)What is Marine board?
5)What are Type-1,Type-2 ships?
6)What are critical equipments?Joined vessel you are asked to prepare list of critical equipment how will you prepare?
7)Compulsory Insurance certificates carried on board.
8) Difference-MEPC 60(33 )vs MEPC 107(49).
9)Pump room construction criteria.
10)Damage stability criteria for passenger ships
Finally the golden words,GO PASSED,You need to study more.
Many many thanks to the almighty.
Thanks to all the forum members for their co
Result . Fail
Annex 1 - tonnage requirement
Why 150 gt for tanker and 400 gt for cargo ship .?
1) Asked about types of ships done and flags under which registered. Checked my CDC.
2)Asked if ME two units cutoff and need to reach port. How will you proceed as chief engineer. How much minimum power requ
before ship can sail. Condition of class and cross questions.
3) Amendment, accession, ratification. What is MARPOL 73/78. How it is called now. What is IOPC (Not IOPP)? Had no clue ab
4)SEQ renewal survey. How to go about it. CO2 fixed installation renewal survey what all checks. I said randomly check weight
there he said not randomly. All bottles need to be checked and I agreed.
5)Duel fuel engine. Had one manual in front of him. Asked me about fuel injection system and changeover procedure from fuel
prepared for the same.
Then he asked me that this basic questions I am not very confident. Does he want me to ask further questions and I said I will p
again next time.
Thats it guys. Wish all remaining all the very best. Just concentrate on basics. I did not prepared at all so can not complaint.
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.different types of bulk carriers.
2. Criteria to differentiate between all types of bulk carrier
3.how to calculate deadweight
4 difference between cas cap esp in detail
5.rt flex in detail
6.latest development in rt flex
7.p & I clubs how to raise fund if claim is more after collecting supplementary call
8.imsbc code
9.liquifaction
10. Types of certificates carried on bulk carrier
11.free surface effect in detail
Y tankers 150 grt and cargo 400 grt reason for dis difference while in annex 1??
1) what do u understand by PR, UI.
2) Diffrence between audit and suvey.
3) Explanation wrt various elements of ISM
87. Describe the Procedure for the regular maintenance routines to be carried out on the CO2 total
flooding system
88. Describe the nature and the possible effects on Machinery operation of deposits which may be found
on the internal surface of exhaust gas turbocharger blades and explain how these deposits are removed?
89. With reference to exhaust valves of an Auxilliary engine, describe how valves are reconditioned.
90. Condition monitoring
91. Liner gauging
92. Timing of exhaust valve
93. Stuffing box
what all surveys are done by class
MARPOL 73/78 , what is 78 protocol
boiler safety valve survey
flag state /port state/ MS act
1. Ships need to carry one spare Coalescer filter for the Oily Water separator? Under what code/regulation is this
required?
2. How will you prepare for an ISM Audit?
3. What are the Procedures for ISM certification of a a) Company b) Ship?
4. Difference between CLC and FUND Convention. What are their limits of Liability?
5. What is meant by Condition of Class? Can you change class? If so, how?
6. What is the latest in Bulk Carrier Safety?
7. Why STCW 95 divided into STCW Code?
8. As a Chief Engineer, what are the various checks you will carry out before taking Bunkers?
9. What are Operational requirements under MARPOL Annexe 1?
10. What is NOx Technical Code?
11. What supplement to IAPP certificate to be carried?
12. What are the recent Air Pollution prevention developments? What rules are being phased in for 2010 and 2016?
13. What are the recent developments in Engines?
14. What are the regulations under Anexxe IV and V of MARPOL?
15. What is a note of Protest?
2.YOUR SHIP HAS REACHED EU PORT WITH 2% SULPHUR BUNKER BUNKERED FROM AN AFRICAN PORT WHERE NO
BUNKER WAS AVAILABLE AND THIS IS THE ONLY BUNKER ONBOARD .PSC REACHES ON BOARD,AND PSC KNOWS Y
SHIP CARRIES SAME TYPE OF BUNKER.WHAT IS YOUR REACTION AS CEO/EU AND ECA BUNKER REGULATIONS? W
OTHER THINGS PSC INSPECTS REGARDING BUNKERING?
4.MLC 2006 IS NOT RATIFIED BY INDIA .WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES FOR SHIP OWNERS BEC
THIS .SIMILARITIES BETWEEN MLC 2006 AND STCW 2010.
5.ISM CODE OBJECTIVE? EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AS PER ISM? GIVE TWO EXAMPLES OF NEAR MISS?WHAT I
OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE?
6.WORKING PRINCIPLE OF RT FLEX EXHAUST VALVE.DETAILS REQUIRED.
7.DAMAGE STABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH WATERPLANE AREA/DEPTH
8.WHAT IS CARGO MANIFEST?
9.DAMAGE SURVEY AND REPAIR SURVEY? WHOM TO CONTACT ON BOTH OCCASSIONS? ACTION AS CEO
10. REASONS FOR MORE VIBRATIONS ON CONTAINER SHIP? BIGGEST CONTAINER VESSEL IN WORLD?WHAT WILL
APPROXIMATE THICKNESS OF KEEL PLATE
IN THE BIGGEST CONTAINER SHIP? LAST TWO ARE GK QUESTION AND NOT ORAL
01)passengers in a drunk state in passenger ship .how will a chief engineer advise a new master as per ms act what sh
the action
02)what is the old name for imo its full form and how is imco different from imo
03)Interpersonal relationship give an example and any model and explain.
... 04)cross curves of stability explain , when is it referred on board,how is it useful
05)safe manning document ,under what convention
1.National Welfare Board for seafarers
2.MLC 2006 - India's Plan of Action..
3.Interpretation Rule
4.Garbage Management Plan - Advantages in Owners point of view..
... 5.Mentoring
6.Double Hull and Double Bottom
7.Latest in Propulsion
8.Green House Gases
9.Crisis Management and Crowd Management
10.Maritime Lien
1.You r a layman in kochi who wants a ship to be operated locally between these islands and the LNG terminals..Your search fo
economical ship ends in singapore where u find a tug.you want to buy this tug and bring it to india and operate it..procedure to b
once in india what all certificates needed for it to operate it here..
2.Under STCW ..What is STCW..Is it a convention or a code..Elaborate and tell the full form of both...what is the principle behin
STCW 2010
What are the principles behind alternate certification in STCW 2010
3.Regarding interpersonal relationship elaborate on emotional quotient
4.There has been an incident here 2 days back that a chief officer has fallen down in between 2 ships during operations..4 days
passed and no body recovered..How will you go about it.what provisions to be taken in MS Act and how to close the case.How
why wouldnt you treat it as a deceased seaman
5.Explain Demurrage and despatch.For despatch.. if the owner is arriving early and there is early loading despatch is to be give
owner to charterer,then why should he come early,he can come late so that he doesnt have to pay the despatch..explain the rea
thereof.
6.What is a maritime lien.what r the different kinds of liens..If you have a lien with somebody and he is not paying you for a long
you discover that he has cheated on the good will..how much time you can wait for him to settle your dues and what procedures
thereafter
7.Marpol AnnexeV Cargo hold wastes was found to be harmful to marine environment..what to do about it and the port you r go
they cannot receive it..no ways to discharge it ashore...what recommendations will you give the captian regarding these.
8.Under ISM Code u r owner of a company and you want to change the manager and replace with a new efficient manager.Wh
procedure will you use as per ISM Code.
9.What is MCR he asked...it was regarding something related to ISM or STCW..Not any technical..couldnt answer
10.Latest in turbochargers..i said hybrid and variable turbine ..he says elaborate on the principle behind variable turbine...how is
the turbocharging efficient..
1.Passenger ship certificates,what are all the certificates
2.Passenger ship part b certificate is issued by whom
3.which is the authority authorised to certify part B
... 4.What all are the checks made before issual of Part B
8. If a ship is sailing without any cargo insurance, what are its risks and liabilities
9. How FQS and VIT helps in economy of fuel?
10. What is unclos? Role? How is PSC empowered by UNCLOS?
11. What is dynamic stability and how is it applied to ship?
12. What is damage stability and damage buoyancy?
13. Impact of controlled combustion period on combustion?
1. What are the statuatory certificates required for a 15 year old tanker.
( Mention all certificates plus the Statement of compliance (Soc) of CAS survey)
2. What is Nonconfirmity? State grounds for PSC detention under ISM code?
3. How can a class withdraw Class?
4. What are the Contents of Oil Record Book?( Part I and Part II)?
5. What are the contents of an ODMCS printout? How long do you retain these reco
and ODMCS ) onboard?
6. As a chief engineer how will you motivate a multinational crew onboard?
7. You are a chief engineer of a product tanker entering USA. Besides OPA , what ar
other conventions, under which the ships should carry different certificates, what a
certificates?
8. How will you prepare your ship for an external audit?
9. You are a chief engineer of a ship which has suffered a machinery breakdown an
gone offhire for 6 hours. How do you defend yourself?
10. Emergency preparedness - define? How will you tackle a bunker spill?what is yo
action and reaction to it?
11. Contents of BDN?
12. What are measurable and nonconformity?
13. NSB? What is its role?
14. Describe Structure of IMO?, General assembly once in how many years will it co
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22. What are different types of Audit? what are additional audits like Initial, annual
23. There is excessive hull vibrations on a new ship coming out of dock as a chief
what actions do you take?
24. ISPS code? What is your actions for different levels?
25. Emergency preparedness for steering failure?
36. What is Energy audit? How do you manage energy efficiently in a boiler and M/
37. As a C/E how will you train your staff for Ballast water management?
38. How does a draft proposal gets implemented into a draft acceptance?
39. What is CAS, CAP? How will you prepare your ship for CAS survey, CAP survey?
40. GA/PA explain with one example.
41. What is cesser clause, Lien clause?
42. What is Inch Maree clause?
43. According to Marpol what are different catagories of tankers?
44. SFOC is high, what is your immediate action?
45. In a passenger ship fire in ECR, emergency preparedness?
46. How do you register a ship built outside india?
47. History of P& I club?
48. How does an EPIRB work?
49. What role does a computer play in running of ships?
50. Contents of Garbage record book?
51. What is Sue and Labour clause?
52. Contents of official log book?
53. Passenger vessel grounded in shallow waters due to S/G failure- what is emerge
response?
54. In a bareboat charter if goods were sold midway, what will happen to B/L?
55. According to Marpol can a product tanker carry Vegetable oil?If yes under wha
regulation, if no why not?
56. What are dynamic elements of ISM, why do we need them?
57. Spares Inventory, effective ways of using spares?
58. As a C/E how will you prepare your vessel for vetting survey?
59. What are permanent certificates onboard a ship?
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1.What all are the questions asked in your last oral exam ? write in a piece of paper? and
explained it ?
2. In your vessel how will you train a new commer on board?
3. how will you train multinational crew?
4. As a chief engineer what all things you check while the ship was laid down last six months?
5. How do you control NOx and SOx of the ship? What content in bunker delivery note?
6. What first things you have to check in critical equipment?
7. Five detainable defficiency by PSC?
8. In ISM what do you understand master review?
9. What are the purpose of ballast water management?
Q3)Dry dock chief engr important duties - rudder testing - rudder drop check (he wanted me to draw the carrier brg arrngement
Q4) What is a company? Which certificates mention abt company identification number? ( DOC, SMC, ISSC)
Q5) Annex 6 developments? he wanted to know, in one sentence, what is SEEMP, EEDI? Attained eedi, required eedi, reference curves.
(studied from our group's file section).
Q6) what is the latest amendment on Life boat? - (On load release mechanism reviewed) - how does it work? why do we need to review the
design. ( Accident prevention / not operating under certain conditions)
Q7) How do u calculate vsl's SFOC? - this discussion went on for quite some time - asked me abt power card, Pmep, planimeter usage.
Cabotage
force majeure
UNCLOS- Innocent passage
Convention,Protocol,Treaty
ISM-element 9
ORB new entries
Aframax,Panamax
Tonnage
GRT
Ship abandoned(foreign flag) in Indian waters-- Action
Clear grounds
Guide lines for PSC
Safecon
Floodable length
Latest refrigerants
Continental Shelf
Territorial sea
CLC/ Fund convention
IOPP certificate(difference between tanker and non tankers)
SMC withdrawal/conditions
MLC convention and date of adoption
Formal Safety assessment
SDR(special drawing rights) non conformity/deficiencyBottom of Form
1. Type of ships done, what is AFRAMAX?
2. What are the different ways in which ships can be classified?
3. What is Gross Tonnage, how is it measured, calculations?
4. Ship abandoned on Indian coast. What measures to be taken?
5. Definition of wreck as per MS Act?
6. Which Indian law states that Indian jurisdiction can be applied to the territorial waters?
7. What is continental shelf? In what way is it different from EEZ, in terms of significance?
in all above question where is engineering it is only metallurgy and human behavior do you think you can become
chief engineer with this question?????
yes why not sir
ok what else you know
ism psc fsi ghg
what is documentation review
what you do in safety committee meeting
any document sent to office as per ism and at what duration (masters review quarterly)
what is masters review
what is casualty reporting and according to ism solas and ms act who all to inform and why
if any equipment damage why you need to tell to flag you can hide it?
how does flag help seamen
emergency generator load test
india has not ratified for annex vi can ship arriving at indian ports be inspected for annex vi compliance and why
why co2 is a ghg
what is relation between cfc and ozone layer