Oral report Master 500gt
20/01/2024
Allen Spence
Pass 1hour 10mins
Examiner: Fazel Wadwood
Joining as Master, talk through taking over, certs etc,
What MARPOL related certs, record books and what needs recorded ORB & GRB, How does the Master check,
Ships energy efficiency and low sulphur fuel
New foreign crew joining, what to look for in their certification
Voyage plan rather than passage plan
Masters overriding authority
Fire in ER, try to fight 1st then out of control and use of CO2
Dead ship after fire
Towage vs Salvage
MAIB, P & I, H & M and company legal representation
Port of refuge vs place of safety
Back on passage after fire damage repair, OOW calls master to bridge again as Flair sighted, Actions and who to report to.
Departure from next port & C/O that was suppose to join and never showed, Relief, check Safe manning etc,
Weather enroute, identify fronts, wind direction etc
Buoys, Region A, port & Stbd lateral mark, isolated danger, safe water mark, N,S &W cardinals on Ely Sly and SEly headings,
Lights, RAM, RAM & Tow, Aground, CBD, FV with gear more than150M, SV, description fog sig etc
ROR, vl crossing from stbd then port, me on CBD with NUC on port bow
3 Radar plots, 1 on stbd bow, 1 on port bow and 1 abaft the beam stbd side.
Very Fair examiner and put me at ease from the outset,
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