[esailor Team]

Chief Mates UL
Experienced in VLCC,Product,Chemical Tankers
Examiner: Capt. Shahed Akther
13 October 2022
1130-1250 hrs
Result: PASS
Joining as Chief Officer on a Chemical Tanker
• What induction you expect from company
• You are onboard now, what documents you will handover to Master
• Taking over from chief officer-Procedure, docs to check
• What is COF and what are its contents
• Which specific manuals/plans you will check for chemical tanker
• Explain ISM and its documentation
• MLC certification
• How do you know seafarer repatriation is company’s responsibility and they will comply(didn’t answer)
• You are not happy with your stay onboard because of vessels non compliance with MLC, whom do you complaint to
Voyage: Loading multi grade chemicals from Malacca and discharging in UK
• Prior start loading what you will discuss with L/M
• Key points in ship-shore safety checklist(Couldn’t answer what he was looking for-signal for Emcy stop)
• Your standing orders for duty officer
• Loadline survey to be carried out in this port. Preparations as chief officer
• Now you have completed loading and port officials came onboard saying vessel’s Loadline is submerged. What could be the reasons and actions as c/o (kept on asking what else, wanted to hear DWA)
• Difference between Letter of Protest and Note of Protest(in my previous answer I mentioned LOP for discrepancy)
• Information you provide to/ask from second officer
• Weather in Indian Ocean for October
• Monsoon months in Indian Ocean
• TRS in Northern Hemisphere-months
• Now vessel sailed out and vessel started pitching and rolling. Actions in heavy weather as c/o
• Explain Angle of Loll
• Vessel listed. How do you know if its angle of loll
• Prior arriving UK your vessel exp angle of loll. What could be the reasons
• Can shipping seas on deck cause angle of loll
• Sea Area A2, you are on watch, received a distress alert from Coast Station- what frequency you will receive it and your actions as duty officer
• Coast station informed, a fishing vessel sank approx. 50NM from your position and 3 fisherman drifting in Liferaft – Actions
• What are your resources for conducting a search, how do you calculate datum and what preparations you will do while proceeding for rescue
• What do you expect to see when you reach the given position(failed to answer what he was looking for)
• Vessel arriving Suez, third officer forgot to make an alteration and as a result vessel grounded. Actions as c/o
• Damage stability info
• Actions by bridge team for the same
BUOYAGE
• Region A-Outbound(Only identify buoys and which side to pass)
Isolated danger-Special Mark-South Cardinal-Pref Ch to Port-Safe water mark
ROR (Whose responsibility and actions you will take)
• Own vsl PDV crossing TSS, PDV on port side following the lane-
When approaching closer, you see a cylinder on other vessel
• Own vessel PDV following the lane, SV astern of you overtaking
SV overtake through your starboard side, now alter course to port and crossing you
• Own vessel PDV in TSS, FV crossing from port side
What Rule 10 says about FV. Does Rule 18 applies here
RV
• Own vessel course 000(T)
Target A right ahead (I am overtaking)
Target B on Stbd qtr overtaking own vsl
• Own vessel course 020(T)
Target A-port side fwd of the beam -No ROC
Target B-crossing from stbd bow (ROC)
Target C-on stbd beam (OAW-same posn)
Lights (Identify,day shape,fog signal and actions)
• Fv shooting nets, right ahead
• Vsl aground, right ahead
• Vsl pushing, 2 point on port bow
• Dredger seen from right ahead/astern-safe side to pass.

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