[esailor Team]

CHIEF MATE (UNLIMITED) & MASTER (< 3000 GT)
EXAMINER : CAPT. MICHELE MORO
DATE : MAY 2023
EXPERIENCE : CRUDE – OIL – CHEMICAL TANKER
TIME : APPROXIMATELY 01 HR 05 MIN.
RESULT : PASS
Started with small briefing and introduction.
Showed all around. Dint ask to share my screen.
Informed me when started recoding.
• Company sends you as a chief mate onboard a vessel which is at yard and just awaiting
to be delivered.
What all preparations and checks will you carry out as a chief mate before the delivery
of the new vessel.
• What all surveys you are Expecting on yard delivery?
• How you prepare drill matrix on Yard delivery?
• How would you carry out your roles onboard as Ch Off?
• How is the ISM implemented onboard? How would you verify compliance?
• How would you carry out the role of Ships Safety Officer?
• How is the MLC implemented onboard? How would you verify compliance?
• How do you implement the ISPS Code onboard? How would you verify compliance?
• How would you carry out the role of Ships Security Officer?
• Any 5 Contents of a Ship Security Plan.
• As C/O What are your interests with regards to voyage planning?
• How will you sign on 17-year-old Cadet. Full Preparation?
• What is night according to young people onboard?
• What is the difference between Port State Control and Flag State Control?
• How are International Regulations brought into force within UK National Law?
• Lifeboat launching system on your last vessel. Onload and offload releasing.
• What are the requirements to be fully ECDIS compliant? How would you verify this
onboard?
• Vessel Sailed out and In Mediterranean Sea Chief cook called up and asked for
throwing garbage onboard.
How will you deal with it as a Ch off?
How will you carry out training Based on the MRPOL Annex V
• What all things were there in your last ship asper MARPOL Annex V.
• Vessel Aground
Actions as chief officer? (The moment you say I will call master)
Action as Master?
• How will you plan Refloating attempts.
• Refloating failed Actions and options by Master.
• Difference between Salvage and Towage?
• Any form you may refer to if Salvage?
• What happened to vessel documents after grounding?
• What all documents are affected.?
• Vessel refloated and going to Dry dock.
• What all inspections you expect ?
• Master Seriously Ill. What would you do as a chief officer?
• Prepare the vessel for Helicopter evacuation?
• Master is evacuated and how will you manage this situation as Ch Off.
• How will you prepare the vessel for Dry dock as chief officer/ as master?
• New master joins at Drydock. How do you sign him on?
• How do you familiarize new master?
• Prepare your vessel for an ISM And ISPS Audits After Drydock.
• What all surveys are expected after drydocking for a grounded vessel?
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ROR
a) Lights + Shapes + Fog Signal
1. Towing RAM length more than 200 m
2. Vessel Aground port aspect length probably more than 50 m
3. Vessel NUC
b) Situation TSS
1. Own vessel gently overtaking another vessel on STBD beam.
2. Sailing vessel on STBD side crossing (STBD to Port).
3. PDV on port side crossing (Port to STBD).
4. FV Not engaged in fishing on the lane.
5. Combined all the situations above.
What all rules are applicable.
Point out each vessel and explain their responsibilities and your responsibilities.
What could be your best action.
c) Buoys Identify lights.
1. Safe water
2. South Cardinal
3. Isolated danger
4. Region B Preferred Channel to Port
d) Buoyage:
Given Heading direction and showed where the North was.
It was Heading 90
1. Safe Water 2. South Cardinal 3. Isolated Danger Mark 4. Region B Preferred
Channel to Port
Navigate.
e) Radar Plotting (Said This Is the Last Question)
Restricted visibility
One vessel On STBD Bow Crossing
One vessel On STBD QTR Overtaking
What’s your best action?
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Finally said It’s a PASS.
During the examination, the questions were presented in a randomized order, rather than being
grouped by topic.
However, the examiner provided sufficient time to answer each question and was patient in
waiting for any additional information that may have been necessary.
There was no separate master question. Instead, he presented the scenario in which he was
required to act as both Master and Chief officer and asked for his actions in such a situation.
There were no questions on Ship handling during the examination.
In conclusion, Thank GOD.
I hope that the information I have shared has been useful and informative.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their unwavering support and
encouragement.
I would like to wish everyone all the best in their future endeavors.
Let us continue to strive for excellence and support each other in achieving our goals.
SR

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