khairul anam – colchester

Examiner: Capt Anam, observing Capt Minocha
Colchester Office
Duration: 75 min
May 2021
2nd attempt
• What is port of refuge and on what circumstances you need to call for it?
• Certification wise, what would you need regarding to damage to the vessel?
• What will you do as Master when you reach the Port of Refuge?
• How the Notice of Protest works? & how you ensure that it works in case of future issues?
• Where are you going to log all these?
• You lost some containers in a storm previous to going to the Port of Refuge, what would this involve?
• Who will you report?
• What is the purpose of the MAIB? How to report to MAIB?
• What would tell you that your ship is seaworthy after repairs?
• Why you get an Interim Certificate of Class?
• How all the costs regarding the Port of Refuge will be dealt?
• What certificates are issued by MCA?
• ACS, what certificates are issued by MCA, not only ISM, ISPS & MLC.
• Where you find information regarding ACS
• Preparations for passage plan from English channel to Montreal?
• What tasks are to be delegated? And to whom?
• What information the C/O needs to pass to the 2/O for passage planning?
• What would be the best route to take?
• What weather would you encounter?
• If not taking great circle nor rhumb line what would be the route you take? What is the navigation term
of the route? I told him is a combination of both but the words composite great circle could not come
out
• Ice accretion, what would it involve? What else besides stability?
• Where you get information regarding Ice? Sources for ice reports?
• Ice seen and not reported previously, what are your actions?
• Where to log it?
• Sections of Official Log book, entries made by the master, entries in the Narrative section. Who signs
Master Handover?
• Frequency of Inspections
• Frequencies of drills, where you find information about frequency of drills, frequency of enclosed
space drills and how to do it? Oxygen content allowed, how to determine the Oxygen content,
procedure for enclosed space entry.
• Master’s responsibility under ISM, examples of Master’s Overriding authority, frequency of Audits for
ISM certificate
• How you are going to Implement the Safety and Environmental policy? How do you prevent incidents
or accidents? What if and incident happens, what would be your actions in general, where to you log
it?
• ISPS, where you find information regarding ports?
• Under what regulations ISPS works?
• How to keep crew motivated during Covid, how can you cancel the SEA if crew can not be repatriated.
What is the maximum length in serving time of a contract under MLC
Buoyage:
• Preferred channel to stb region A inbound
• Emergency wreck buoy, could not give him the frequency of the lights, forgot them completely
• South cardinal mark heading east
Smarty Board, full description plus action
• RAM on port side, type of lights for RAM, color of the shapes.
• Horizontal spacing between Mast Head lights
• Pilot vessel on stb side, what would be your action if you requested pilot
• Vessel aground probably over 50m, what would be your actions
Situations:
• Your vessel is in a narrow channel and another vessel is behind and faster, what would be the other
vessels actions and your actions. In detail
• Pilot says it’s fine to let them pass but you are concerned, actions
• What would be your concern if you let the vessel pass
RV:
• What would you leave as orders for your 2/O in regards to finding RV
• What rule 19 says
• What is safe speed
A plot with two targets one Stb bow no Risk of Collision and another Stb quarter with Risk of Collision.
First question, what would be the approximate CPA of the vessel on the stb bow, Plot had range rings and
scale was 6 miles, first I got distracted because by doing the plot the target would be doing the same speed as
my vessel but Surveyor mentioned the target is coming in opposite directions which made it clear.
Action for the vessel on the stb quarter. He just wanted me to read the range rings.
What does rule 19 says regarding action to be taken, mentioned first if Risk of Collision exist and/or
closequarter situation is developing, for the vessel on the stb bow there was none so Alteration of Course to
Port was acceptable.
At the end he came back to the Emg wreck buoy frequency but still could not give it and then the exam was
finished.
On the feedback said that I would need to go and check the frequency and also missed a couple of certificates
the MCA issues under ACS.
I mentioned ISM, MLC, ISPS, Safe Manning Document, British register certificate, tonnage cert but still missed
a couple.
And also during the information given from CO to 2/O for passage planning, mentioned some Load Lines which
was not very clear given so he thought the knowledge was not ok but would Pass me.
At the beginning Both surveyors showed up and I thought they are going to drill me, as I failed first with
Minocha weeks ago and I was sure that Minocha would remember me. But exam went fine, Capt Anam gave
me a chance during the RV plot because I got stuck in my head the plot and didn’t listen to his change but then
he said I will give you another chance and if you give me the wrong answer the exam will be over. So he
repeated the change and it became clear what he wanted. Capt Anam was very fair.
Best of luck