HOQUE Vs Sarah Lawlor

Exam date: 14-March-2023
MD.ZIAUL HOQUE (Masters Unlimited)
Result: Passed (First Attempt)
Examiner: Sarah Lawlor
Duration: 01 h 50 mins.
Experience: General Cargo, Chemical tanker, Car Carrier.
Examiner introduced herself and we went through the pre exam checks of identification etc. She Said you are a master of UK register ship.
1. How will you do periodic review of SMS. What is the master over riding authority and example?
2. What is the frequency of internal and external audit & who does it.
3. As a master what examples you will show to your crew for implementation of SMS.
4. How you will ensure implementation of ISM onboard?
4. What are the certificates you will check onboard? Who issues SMD , SMC,ISSC ?
5. Preparation for internal ISM audit. Duties of Safety officer & SSO.
6. New British 2/E and Pilipino AB joined your vessel what are the documents you will check ?
7. What is CEC & CRA ? How long CRA is valid? ENG-1 validity? What you will do if expired?
8. Tell me the content of SEA & what is CBA ? What familiarization to be done to new joiners and tell me in details .
9. What are the drills you will conduct to your vessel and frequency?
10. Young cadet 17 years old joined your vessel what you will do ? What is the rest hour for young person and others crew .
11. Tell me the content of OLB ? what you will write in narrative section ?
12. Tell me the content of DMLC-2 ? who issues DMLC -1 &2. How you will prepare your vessel for PSC Inspection to satisfy MLC compliance?
13. Your vessel is going from Log Angelus to Tokyo, what you will tell your officer before prepare the passage plan.
14. What you will check for voyage plan.
15. What are the hazards associated with this passage and what precaution you will take ?
16. What you will do once Pilot onboard ? You are concern about the pilot action , what you going to do ?
17. Tell me the signs of TRS? What action you will take if you are in Northern hemisphere?
18. Shown me a synoptic chart and asked me the weather of the cursor place (near low pressure), identify the various Symbols (Trough line, occluded front) and ask me to find the wind direction.
19. You wrote night order and went for sleep. 2/O called you at midnight that he has collided with other Vessel ? Action as master ?
20. What certificate will effect after collision ?
21. What is Towage & Salvage ? What is LOF ?
22. What do you understand by General average ?
23. Who is P & I , their role and What are the coverage done by P & I ?
24. P & I correspondence ? H & M insurance ?
22. What is BOL ? Your charterer wants you to sign clean BL, but your mates reported that there is some Cargo damage? Will you sign? What will happen if you put remarks on BL?
25. What do you understand by Note of protest? Give examples.
26. What you will make if there is any cargo issue or damage?
27. Bosun has reported that one of AB is constantly late on duty and not willing to work ? What you going to do as a master ?
28. What other matters in Gross misconduct? how you will handle with Less-serious misconduct ?
29. You mention about ECA area in passage plan , Tell me the sulpher content requirements ? how much max allowed ?
30. Requirements of scrubber and types.
31. Two stowaway onboard? Action? Duty of CSO? Who sets security level onboard?
32. Tell me the content of SSP and who issues SSP?
33. What precaution will you take if loading EV cars? What you want your C/O to check.
Bouyage :
Preferred channel to port buoy(Region-B), Emergency wreck marking buoy and east cardinal mark buoy in a line.
VESSEL DIRECTION OF BUOYAGE NORTH
34. Tell me full description of each and how you will pass :
Sequence of buoys: Isolated danger mark — Special mark —Region-A preferred channel to stbd —Safe water mark— Reg-A lateral mark port hand buoy.
ROR :
35. RV : Echo on fwd of the beam stbd side and Echo on Stbd quarter
36.In TSS PDV crossing from port and stbd .
Tell me Day signal, fog signal & action. Open sea.
37. Towing vessel more then 50 m, length of tow more then 200m crossing from port side.
38. Towing vessel less than 50 m, length of tow more then 200m with RAM crossing from port side.
39. Aground vessel seen from stbd side .
Then she told me the golden word that I have passed and explained me procedures for applying My CoC. She send me OFFICIAL confirmation mgs to my email in ten minutes. Thanks to almighty.
Thanks to all my Feb’2023 batch mates(Glasgow maritime Academy), Capt.Vinil & Vishnu.