Singh vs Alec Keep

MCA Centre Liverpool
Exam Master (Unlimited)
Examiner Alec Keep
Candidate Perminder Singh
Date 16th Dec 2021
Time / Duration 1430-1640 / 02 hrs 10 min
Product and chemical Tanker
Result Pass

He put me on Medium sized Bulk-carrier.( Joining in Liverpool loading steel coil for New York)

1) Where you find about info about Master unlimited syllabus,(MIN 653)
2) Which company / head office / reporting/Key people you want to meet/what information you will request from them?.
3) Role of all key people which you mentioned above (DPA/Tech Manager/Crewing Dep/Operation department? He went deep into operation department What is charter party, meaning of voyage fixed, Laycan, laydays, Nor, Demurrage, What happen if vessel not make its lay can? How they help in planning of loading?And cargo claims how you will go with it. and question on B/L?
4) Tell me about STCW 2010. ( Special training requirement for specific ship. Give example. Tell about watch keeping certificate for ratings)
5) ENG 1 contents, who will issue it? How you as a master sure that its issued by MCA approved doc?
6) Seafarer need to be medically fit which convention state that(MLC2006/STCW). Is pre joining induction is required ? as per which convention?
7)If owner get bankrupt , what will happen to crew (Repartition). Who will take care of it (Article 16 MLC)? How crew will know about it? who will explain about this?
8) Role on PANDI?
7)He told me you mentioned Dry dock, Tell me why we need stern trim while entering dry dock? What will be effect of large trim? What is P Force/Explain Meaning of loss of GM? Interval of Dry docking and which certificate will get endorsed after dry docking?
8)Now he moved to ISM, Define Observation/NC/MNC/Objective evidence?
9) Give some example statutory requirements ? Are all NC as per ISM are statutory? What do you mean by non Statutory NC with example?
10) Master responsibility as per ISM? How to motivate crew?
11) You found one of crew member is not motivated he is always late on work even after giving him warning? What you are going to do? (Code of conduct).
12) Procedure of applying Code of conduct? Who will be present in the hearing? Legal rights of accused?
13) He shown me picture of ship bulbous bow? What is this and its function?
14) Shown me symbol of Bow thruster tell me how it works?
15) How power is generated on ships/ Aux. engine generate power?
16) How main engine rotate, Function of control air in engine starting? How ME get cooled, Min Number of kick as per Solas?
17) Fire fighting medium in Purifier room? How hyper mist works? How to use foam applicator?
18) Planning of voyage as master Liverpool to New York as a master? What is shore routing, how they help? Route selection as master? Different sailing method, their advt. and Dis. advt.?
19) Danger of high latitudes?
20) Shown me load line pic. Explain? What is load line convention? Define freeboard? what load line convention is all about?
21) Shown me weather map and told me to explain? What are fronts? There characteristic/Naming/Effect on UK/There movement/Present weather in UK/Danger with Depression?
22) What is tropic of Capricorn and tropic of Cancer?
23) How you will make sure regarding food, and as per which convention?
24) Departing Liverpool in Low water. What hydrodynamic force will affect your vessel?(squat it formula, how to reduce it? How you will make out your ship is affected by squat, give some examples?
25) Ship speed Zero your action? To whom you will report? Note of protest.
26) Your vessel refloated/ Pilot is saying it just mud Capt. we can sail, What you will do?
27) Who will come for underwater survey/ Role of classification society? How under water survey in done?
28)Second officer called you on bridge smoke is coming from purifier room action/ Danger with purifier room fire? Best method as a master to tackle that fire? What you will consider while that method? Why in this case you dont use Co2?
29) How you load steel coil, care of cargo, danger, what r high density cargoes?
30) Your vessel fixed for next cargo of Wheat ( explain what is fix mean here)/ which code will apply/ how you will load grain/ Loading grain without DOA/ Stability criteria as per grain code?
31) During voyage planning what information you require from C/E and C/O? Requirement for fuel in ECA and non ECA areas? How will you verify sulfur content in Fuel?
32) Mid Atlantic S band fail? action ? Carriage requirement for radar? Explain GT? Characteristics for each radar? what certificate will get affected and your action? What is dispensation? How you will apply for it? How will you do RA what you consider/ Explain CAP/ How will you make sure crew rest hours are not violated?
33) Your reaching New York your seeing lot of shore lights, is there is anything mentioned in rule about that, which rule and your actions?
34) Use of radar to exact assessment of visibility, Explain?
35) Statutory certificate?
36) What certificate you require to load chemical tanker/ Tank cleaning on chemical tanker? How will you know how to wash tank to which standard/ Cat. of Annex ii? what you will do with wash water? How will you prepare your vessel for certificate of fitness survey? Types of survey and schedule/ What is intermediate survey? Discharging criteria of Annex 1 slop?
37) Safe-con survey?
38) ACS scheme? Certificate issue by MCA? Name authorized RO’s? How to join it?

ROR and Buoyage..
Shared radar screen identify everything.
RADAR: NORTH UP
VECTOR: ON LAND
AIS: OFF
TRAIL: OFF
Ground stabilize, PI, True vector
39) How you identify ground stabilize mode? What target is doing? What you make out by PI? Bearing constant range decreasing action clear visibility? Initially CPA 6.5 nm/ Then 0.8 nm.
39) East cardinal mark heading 345 – buoy details.
40) Special mark. use of it.
41) You see white light group flashing(2)
42) You see white flashing di-da . How you pass safe water mark?
44) Sailing vsl port bow crossing open sea. Sailing vessel day signal if propelled by machinery?
45) PDV crossing stbd to port TSS.
46) Tow vessel RAM Crossing starboard to port. From where you will take bearing? what is closing bearing means? Can you go to port. To which vessel you can go to port and for which vessel you will avoid which rule state it?
47) Own vsl heading 000deg other vsl bearing 103deg what will be your action.
48) Define SV, RAM,( which vessel are considered as RAM), In Mid Atlantic war ship is conducting aircraft launching what not showing Ram Lights your action? From where you will get Info( Nav. warning EGC msg). Conduct of Wig craft on water. Any exemptions.
49) To which vessels Colreg Applies?
50) Arc of sector of Mast head light( from where to where) Vertical spacing/ horizontal spacing.
51) You hear sound signal fwd for your beam action? Sound signaling appliances as per Colreg, Range. Action in RV?
51) and my last Question was 2nd officer called you deviation is 30 deg on magnetic compass action, then he told me cadet was checking corrector for his task book, what rings in your mind? where you will find information about correct position of magnets? ( Deviation card)

Mr. Alec Keep is an extremely genuine, soft spoken, clear in his words, has a comfortable approach & let you calm down your nerves, you will find that the answer is in his questions if you have thoroughly revised & till date the best surveyor I have ever met……….He is a gentleman. Guys he is there to Pass. Even if you do mistake he give you chance again and again, He keep on re-phrasing his question until you understand. And you can take your time to answer. Dont do mistake in ROR, Buoyage, Emergencies, Master Responsibility and you are pass.
Finally Thank to GMA, Capt. Vinil Gupta, Capt. Shayne Woodward, Capt Somesh Singh For sharing Knowledge. And my batch mate Mahesh Alva, Ashwin Devaliya, Noel for helping me in my preparation.

Best of luck