Anonymous vs Muhammad Iqbal

Chief Mates Unlimited/Master 3000 GT
Examiner: Mohammed Iqbal
Date: August-2023
Result: Passed

Discussed code of conduct for the exam
All questions on UK Flagged Cargo Ship
1. Experience and present rank and trade areas
2. Joining the vessel Agent dropped you of at the gangway, take me through the process
3. What documents will you handover to the Master
4. What will you do after documents are handed over? Thorough Safety and Security familiarisation by the outgoing chief officer
5. Explain how will you takeover from chief officer
6. Name all the Statutory documents
7. Who will issue the Safety management certificate? Told him it depends whether the vessel is on ACS or EAS, I explained for both the schemes.
8. Validity of ISM certificates and survey explanation
9. Who issues Cargo ship safety equipment certificate and on the basis on what?
10. Your minimum Safe manning document requires you to carry 20 person onboard. How will you verify how many persons can be carried onboard your vessel?
11. Charterer has asked you to carry out loading of coal cargo. How will you determine the maximum amount of cargo that you can load
12. Explain Stowage factor and concepts for loading.
13. Explain Mates receipt and What is the most crucial item in that for the charterer.
14. Draw Load lines for a cargo ship and show
15. Draw load lines for your previous vessel and show, explain load lines for passenger ships
16. Explain FWA and formula
17. Your vessel is taking bunker, the total quantity received falls short of 20 tonnes. Explain actions
18. Fire on the ship. Explain the actions
19. After the fire is extinguished, The vessel has collided with a fishing boat. Explain actions
20. How will you identify water ingress and your actions if the hole is just below the water line
21. Vessel is to go for emergency drydock, Explain your preparation. Counter questions.
22. What will you require from the dock manager and what will they require from you. Explain.
23. Vessel is going to enter DD in few hours. Explain your actions.
24. What is your stability concern and how will you achieve it.
25. Surveryor wants to inspect the FPK tank. Explain the complete procedure.
26. Why small stern trim and details of DD stability
27. Departing Drydock what all will you ensure is checked.
28. Ship suddenly lists before DD. Explained completed stability concept of DD
29. Your vessel is in Indian ocean in summer time. What rough weather would you expect to encounter
30. What is the evading action if you are stuck in Dangerous quadrant of a TRS
31. Documents required under Annex 1 MARPOL
32. What are the rest hours of a Young person
33. What is CSR and explain the contents and when will you receive a new CSR
34. How will you carry out Deep water Anchorage. Explain the process.
35. What will happen if you let go the anchor from the water level? What about the brakes?
36. Explanation on retentive error and correction
37. What is prohibition notice and who can issue it?
38. Who is an enforcement officer?

ROR:
Explain how will you determine risk of collision with the vessel
Day situations: Identify and actions
1. PAX vessel port bow, open sea
2. Towing RAM, more than 200 m port bow open sea
3. CBD outside the TSS, crossing from port to Stbd, own vessel in the lane
4. FV with gear extended more than 150m stbd bow
5. FV port bow crossing
6. SV overtaking
7. CBD open sea crossing port to stbd

Night cards: Identify, fog signals, actions
1. CBD
2. RAM, towing more than 200 m
3. Mine clearance vessel
4. FV
5. Towing vessel
6. Vessel Aground

RADAR PLOTTING RV:
1. 1 v/l in port bow, 1 vl stbd just above the beam, ROC exists, Guide for drawing WOA triangle
2. 1 v/l in port quarter, ROC exists

Buoyage:
ALL types of buoys with identification (complete) and action

A very calm and composed examiner. Keeps you at ease and looks for certain aspects and then moves on to the next question.

Many thanks to Sanket Mahajan and Oceanwise for the Oral Preps and assistance always when needed. Many thanks to Whitehorse Academy and Paul Shepherd for their clinics to inculcate confidence in facing the examiner. Many thanks to Mates and Masters Orals group for all the materials and solutions.