Alva vs Karen McCartney-Clarke

Name: Mahesh Alva (Masters UL)
Date: 11 Jan 2021 / ONLINE LINK Time: 0900 GMT / 1430 IST
Surveyor: Karen McCartney-Clarke (Glasgow) Time Taken: 1 HR 15 mins (2030 – 2215)
Ships: BULK CARRIER
Tankers Result: PASSED (1st Attempt) Self signed in 15 mints before time, the examiner was exactly on time and she started to introduce herself and explain the procedures to be followed throughout the exam. Asked for a 360° view of the room and asked to show my Passport as well.
1) What was the Route of your last vsl ?
2) What is Cargoes Did U carry ? Coal / Iron Ore
Started With Buoys : Port hand Lateral Mark / Isolated Danger / Prefered Channel to Port Coming out of Japan /
South Cardinal Mark doing 090 / So she told me prior all this you are in your cabin and third officer called
You ,when you come up on bridge u see it right ahead and What are you goin to tell third off prior Altering and After altering
(Told Her ill first verbally inform the third officer im taking over the con as mentioned in standing insruction,
Record in bell book time And position after altering ill tell him to keep watch after clearing until to my satisfaction
Handed over con to third officer if he is comfortable record time and posn)
Smarty Boards : Pilot Vsl Identify , Fog Signal / Fishing Vsl extending nets identification ,Fog Signal /
Nuc Making Way how u know its Making Way I told her from side lights ,Fog Signal /
Mine clearance Vsl Identification, Fog Signal, Where will u Alter I told her any side 1000 m clearance /
Where will u get information about Mine Clearance vsl – Navtex / Satc / Vhf
And Submarine in distress which pubs where you u will refer (IAMSAR VOL 3) guess work.
3) Shared Screen Own vsl following Narrow Channel lane PDV Crossing (sv showing cone apex downwards) & ahead PDV ? Action I quoted rule9 and took action she said no need jus take action I was buying time for myself….after clearing SV now what action for pdv I told her overtaking quoted rule and asked me why will you overtake from stbd side I quoted from rule 9(1) then she asked as no sufficient sea room in stbd side what is happening ? I told her about interaction bank cushion and also asked about squat
4) NUC on port side action under which rule?
5) Sailing vsl on stbd side showing Addition lights?
6) You are on 180 °course east cardinal mark ahead?
7) Vsl is left Japan and watch was handed over to 3rd mate after a while 3rd mate called to your cabin and told vsl is experiencing Fog which rules applies to here? Rule 1-10 /19/35
8) What do you expect from your duty officer to prepare before you come to bridge? RV prep
9) Then she shared screen and told in Radar this was the situation 340° x 3 blips 120°own vsl heading 1 170 x 3 blips Complete the plot and tell her what other vsls and doing and what action will u take. She didn’t given me speed when I asked she told vsl will move 2 rings ahead while plotting this blips in 6 minutes . • I completed the plot and given the action then she asked me to explain rule 19 which part applied here and what actions will other vsl do according to the rule. Then she told will continue with other sections what course the other is doing roughly which is on your stbd side(please refer nelwin Thomas set )

10) You are master is there any certificate or for marpol annex 5 I told her no only gmp plan and record book ? what are cargo residues
Criteria for discharging cargo residues where will you record? garbage record book part 2
11) how will u know that cargo residues is hme or non hme ? Imsbc / Shipper Declaration12
12) What info you get in shipper declaration?
13) You noticed a dent on ship side how will you go about it with outgoing master?
14) What is Annex 1 what certificate additional what is attached with the cert? FormA / Form B
15) In Large container ship what affect the most during rough sea?
16) Coal Cargo Precaution all dangers explained what happens due to liquefication where you will get information about it if fire?
17) What certificates you need to carry onboard for carrying coal cargo?
18) What is the Intermediate and Renewal period of IOPP as per HSSC?
19) Which certificate you need to carry onboard for carrying grain?
20) Now you are on a container vsl and vsl is experiencing heavy weather and lost some containers overboard? Actions as a master and how will send obligatory report?
21) how will u know loadicator is approved?
22) Back on vsl if your vsl at anchor what instructions you will give to third mate?
23) What are the safety settings in Ecdis How you will calculate Safety Contour?
24) While going From Richards bay to australia vsl experienced wias pre alarm action and whom to inform prior abandoning ?as per notes
25) You are loading Steel Coils You see one steel coil badly damaged whom you will report? Lop / P& I
26) What certificates you need to carry if your carrying dangerous cargo in container ?
27) tell me about fumigation and which pubs you will refer?

Special thanks to Ashwin Devaliya , Perminder Singh , Noel Varghese for preps we carried out and helped out each other …and not to forget Capt.vinil / Capt.Someshwar and Shayne Woodward wouldn’t have achieved this milestone