Ahsan Khan

Masters Unlimited
Examiner: Ahsan Khan
Type: Containers
Duration: 2hrs20mins

Started with general rules for the exams. Asked me to show him around the room and how many entrance to the room.
Questions may not be in order.
1) What is the relationship between Master and your company? In details. Who all will you meet or keep good relationship in the company?
2) How will you find out who the owner is of your ship? He was looking for which documents can your find the owner’s name? I told him CSR/ISM DOC/Certificate of registry (Missed it)
3) Certificate of registry he asked me about this? Details, what’s in it?
4) Then he asked maybe your ship has more than one owner like shareholder. Whose name will be mentioned in the ISM DOC or CSR or Certificate of registry, will it be the shareholder or the main owner? I told him the main owner he seemed happy about it
5) ISM affect you as master? Standard GMA Answer (PMCVR-Overriding authority)
6) What is overriding authority? Just explained with examples he was happy
7) Explain how would you prevent incidents & accidents on board? Just told him everything as per ISM like trainings drills and etc. Went in depth with the answer.
8) Safety officer duties? Told him all and also mentioned MOST SAFE PLACES as per GMA notes.
9) Safety representative? How it’s formed? Roles of safety representative?
10) Safety officer flogging safety rounds? What will you do? Root cause analysis, ask him the reason, etc. Also went into merchant navy code of conduct.
11) He asked me if he had a valid reason for flogging the safety rounds? Give some example of valid reasons? Explained that may be port schedule was very hectic. Seemed okay with it
12) Safety officer records? Explain what all records he has to keep? GMA answer
13) ISM SMC, DOC, ISSC & MLC validity and surveys required?
14) ISM SMC for a brand new ship how would you prepare and what is done?
15) What all you need to check in ISM DOC? He was after the annual audit.
16) What is the range for the annual/renewal survey for ISM DOC, ISM SMC, ISSC & MLC?
17) Is there any scheme in the UK for surveys and certification? I told his EAS and ACS
18) What is EAS & ACS? I told him that MCA can authorised class surveyors to do it but he was like they are not class surveyors they are RO’s.
19) Difference between EAS and ACS?
20) Certificates under MARPOL?
21) Your company has ordered bunkers, how will you know if this is the correct bunkers required for you? Told him about sulphur content and quantity. Seemed okay
22) What is the requirements for ECA? 0.1 & 0.5%, special areas
23) How would you know your fuel is in the limit? Bunker samples
24) Is there any other way to comply with the sulphur content outside ECA? He was after the scrubber plant.
25) CE tells you scrubber plant not working what will you do?
26) Once I told him all the reasons he asked what a dispensation is.
27) What all certificates are under MARPOL? IOPP, ISC, IAPP
28) Tell me about IOPP? What all are required to be done on the survey
29) Tell me about Form A & Form B? What’s in it? GMA answer
30) What other documents are under MARPOL annex 1? ORB
31) Details about ORB? Like what ships need it, entries, which part for what type of ship.
32) How will you check the entries made in ORB is correct? GMA Answer
33) How long do you keep ORB for?
34) How long do you keep BDN for?
35) How long do you keep Fuel Samples for?
36) Safety equipment certificate? What other certificates are related to Safety equipment? He was after Form E. There is another form which I couldn’t remember so just told him what’s in the other form.
37) New radar installed, what all you need to check once installation is done? Magnetic compass safe distance, training, performance. He was mainly after Safety equipment certificate. How it will affect your SEQ certificate?
38) Northern Europe to New York, how will you guide the 2nd officer to plan passage? Don’t forget icebergs, GC or Rhumb line or Composite sailing (I missed these)
39) Ice accumulation on superstructure? Hazards? GMA Answer
40) Masters obligatory report as per SOLAS?
41) Heavy weather on passage mid Atlantic? I told him tell engine room to slack the tanks. He was surprised so then he asked me questions on stability
42) What is FSM?
43) Hazards associated with FSM?
44) On passage from Europe middle of north Atlantic engine failure? Followed SPAARC
45) Then he said okay engines cannot be started and also you have heavy weather? Request for external assistance – towage
46) In heavy weather you experience heavy rolling and you lose containers over board? What will you do?
47) How will you abandon ship in heavy weather if required to?
48) How will you help the owner in this case? I told him about statement of facts must keep, sea protest etc. We discussed this in detail
49) Now your company has arranged for a towage agreement, explain to me what is towage agreement?
50) What is salvage? Told him about LOF forms etc.
51) What is Note of protest? When do you issue a note of protest? GMA answer
52) What is sea protest? When do you issue this?
53) What is general average? GMA answer
54) What is particular average? Made a mess of this but eventually got it correct – as per GMA answer
55) What is difference between soft iron and hard iron?
56) How do check if the corrector magnets are in position? Where would you find the details?
57) How do you check if your deviation card is correct?
58) What are the reasons for having incorrect deviation card?
59) ROR

Special mark CAN – you see this inbound what will you do and why? Also lights

Situation
TSS

YOU

Action and explain your thought process.
Told him everything what I would do. He kept asking what other considerations you will take. I told him all but he was like did you consider him a FV or a vessel less than 20M or a sailing vessel before taking action.
60) Situation

Open sea

FV stopped Risk of collision

TUG & TOW
Less than 200M (CPA 0.5NM)

YOU
I told him I would go to starboard.
Then he changed it that the fishing vessel ahead has a gear extending more than 150m on starboard side. Then your action.
This is where got fucked up and I said go to port but then I corrected my answer and told him no then in this case I would consider to slow down.
61)

PDV

PDV
No Risk of Collision

YOU

Same like before explain your thought process.
I said go to starboard for this.
Then he said okay then you develop a Risk with the one on the port bow. I made a mistake saying it’s her responsibility to keep clear but then I realised I made a mistake and corrected myself by saying I will alter to starboard and then slowdown but he did not agree.

That’s all there was I think. If you guys have any questions let me know. This was a very long exam.
Thanks for all the help from GMA and the class.
Best of Luck to all!!!