[esailor Team]

Capt. Danny Hawkins,
Belfast Marine Office
Experience: Crude Oil Tanker
Result: Pass
Master Unlimited, Duration: 1hr 45mins
Usual briefing, Cheating Policy, Show me the room and the desk, Signature Verification.
I am putting you on a UK flag 60,000 GRT bulk carrier for the exam.
1. The agent drops you at the quayside to take over the vessel, tell me what will you be checking on the ship
side?
2. Why are you checking the draft marks and load line marks?
3. If the draft marks are submerged corresponding the load line zone, what could be your concern?
4. Outgoing Master leaving in 24 hrs, take me through the taking over process- Talked about certificates, safety
and security familiarization, entry in the OLB.
5. Tell me about all about ISM DOC and ISM SMC – It’s validity, Who issues it, what information due you get
and Who conducts the audit for each?
6. Tomorrow you have MLC inspection; what docs will you prepare?
7. You also have a Safety Equipment Survey coming up, how will you prepare for it?
8. Chief Officer joins the vessel; what certificates will you check?
9. Identification of charted symbol, two light houses, there was one with the abbreviation TR (tower) and the
other Iso meaning Isophase, What’s the meaning of Isophase, then usual elevation, flashing frequency, color
and nominal range.
10. What guidance would you give to the 2/O for planning a passage from Vancouver, BC to Yokohama, Japan?
11. Will you do a Great Circle sailing or a Rhumb Line Sailing and Why?
12. Charterers want you to load in polar region, how will you know if you can take your ship to the polar region?
13. What preparations will you carry out prior entering polar region, including Ice accretion?
14. How will you prepare for heavy weather, he wanted more preparations on deck apart from safety line, cargo
lashings, sounding pipes, weather tightness of hatch covers. He was specifically looking for something else
here, I couldn’t understand what more he wanted but he was specific about “what else on deck?”
15. How will you maneuver in heavy weather? Where would you expect the maximum stress?
16. Methods and Equipment to prevent pollution, I only list the anti-pollution equipment and SOPEP manual,
but he was perhaps looking for some methods to prevent pollution, which I couldn’t deal with very well.
17. Emergency – Collision, talk about that you’re available to render assistance and that you hold the other
vessel responsible for the collision, get details of the other vessel, take into consideration fire hazards on a
tanker including spark generation and electrical isolation, anti-pollution gears, damage stability gears and
medical team stand by, prepare survival craft for immediate deployment, he was happy with my answer
here.
18. Who all do you report to?
19. Tell me about Fumigation.
20. You receive instructions to load the coal cargo, you’re in the ship’s office with the chief officer how will you
go about preparations and determining the max loadable and preparation on the deck.
Give him everything here:
Voyage instructions about the load port, disport and transit along various load line zones, draft and air draft
throughout the passage, UKC compliance throughout the passage.
Determining the max loadable dwt – displacement calculation, stowage plan, loading sequence plan taking
into consideration stresses (SF, BM), max list, max trim for each stages of the loading sequence and deballasting.
Mention IMSBC code, Assessment of Acceptability of the cargo for shipment, whether or not can you accept
the cargo in the first place.
If it’s a flammable coal, do you have fixed firefighting system in the holds.
Individual schedule of Cargo from the IMSBC code and comparing the information provided in the Shipper’s
declaration to verify if the shipper has given you the correct information.
TML, FML, AoR, When was the lab test conducted, must not be more than 7 days old.
Hazards of coal ROLES. Hold preparation including entry preparations taking into consideration that it’s a
dangerous space. Weather tightness of the hatch covers, Water Ingress System operational, Structural
condition within the hold.
Bilges dry and Clean, Check the de watering system and it’s non return valve. Thoroughly clean with fresh
water and rinse with salt water. Daily log of bilges and litmus paper test (pH) value.
21. Preparation for dry dock, he was specific about meeting with the dock master and the things that you would
discuss, mainly emergency response procedure including availability of charged fire hose, fire patrol.
Safety of dock workers and safety of shipboard personnel, permit to work and risk assessment for each job.
22. On arrival Japan, custom officer tells one of your crew member have been involved with the smuggling, how
do you deal with that?
23. What instructions will you give to your Duty Officers for Pilotage Passage
Talked about Master Pilot Exchange, watching out pilot’s action, assertiveness, helm and engine orders
being complied with, Use of English language, If he talks to the tug or the local VTS in a local language ask
him to explain the same to the bridge team in English, responsibilities amongst the bridge team must be
clearly defined, monitoring of vessels position, extreme vigilance, Pilot is only in the advisory capacity,
master has the overall responsibility.
24. What’s angle of loll and how do you correct it?
25. RV Situation
26. Action in below situation, Arc of visibility of lights.
27. Description of a South Cardinal Mark.
Lights & ROR:
Showed me a PowerPoint of lights. Asked what they were, occasionally asking arc of
visibility of specific lights.
• FV Port Aspect.
• Trawler not making way or anchored.
• Anchored probably more than 50m Starboard aspect.
• NUC not making way.
• RAM not making way.
Unbreathing in tight space – Vessels fwd and aft of your ship as well as on the other side- tide from ahead
TIDE
That’s all, He said I think we did enough Mr. Karn, you have passed, Congratulations.
Big thanks Glasgow Maritime Academy for guidance and valuable feedback.
Group study helped me a lot, I thank Mr. Pankaj, Sameer, Toafel, Sirkar, Sri Ram, Abhishek and Michael.
Thanks very much. All the best.

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