[esailor Team]

Examiner: Capt. Danny Hawkins, Belfast Marine Office
Experience: Bulk Carriers
Result: Pass (1st Attempt)
Master Unlimited, Duration: 1hr 40mins
Date: 04th Nov 2021
Usual briefing, Cheating Policy, Show me the room and the desk, Signature Verification. I was put on UK flag 70,000 GRT bulk carrier for the exam, joining vessel at yokahama (Japan).
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. What you will be checking at mooring and what will be the pattern of mooring?
4. Outgoing Master leaving in 24 hrs, take me through the taking over process- Talked about certificates, safety and security familiarization, Voyage instructions, Any pending NC, condition of class, any upcoming surveys and audits, log books and entry in the OLB.
5. Tell me about all about ISM DOC and ISM SMC – its validity, Who issues it, what information due you get in DOC and Who conducts the audit for each?
6. Tell me about Anti-Fouling certificate? MGN 398
7. How do you get safe manning certificate? MSN 1767, MSF 4227
8. Chief Officer joins the vessel; what certificates will you check? Looking for CEC and CRA which is valid for 3 months refer MSN 1867
9. Identification of charted symbol, Tidal diamond and explanation, VTS one way reporting, Lateral starboard hand mark, Designated Anchorages.
10. What guidance would you give to the 2/O for planning a passage from Yokohama, Japan to Canada?
11. What all information do you get in Routeing charts?
12. Will you do a Great Circle sailing or a Rhumb Line Sailing and Why?
13. Charterers want you to load in ‘XYZ’ bulk cargo, you are in ships office with Chief Officer, how will you guide him?
14. How will you prepare the vessel for heavy weather?
15. How will you maneuver in heavy weather? How will you alter course in heavy weather?
16. Methods and Equipment to prevent pollution? He wants to listen to everything/Annex 1, Annex 4, Annex 5 and Annex 6 in detail.
17. showed me synoptic chart? Identify everything and what changes before, at and after passing of cold and warm front.
18. Emergency – Collision, Talk about rendering assistance, hold the other vessel responsible for the collision, Photographic evidence, get details of the other vessel, anti-pollution gears, damage stability gears and medical team stand by, prepare survival craft for immediate deployment, send Distress, Change AIS status, Close watertight doors, inform P&I, H&M, Company, Charterer’s MAIB, entry in OLB .
19. Beaching preparations?
20. 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, draft, Displacement, ‘P’ force, adequate GM, 2 gangways, DD specs, plans.
21. Where will you place the blocks? Fwd and aft girders and Transverse web frames, below the intersection point.
22. Night orders in port?
23. Fire in cargo hold No.5 in port? Wants to hears about shippers declaration, Stowage plan, Characteristics, properties of cargo , MSDS, First aid measures, Fixed Fire fighting system in cargo hold, Boundary cooling, consider ballasting of tanks after checking stresses and draft restrictions, Give FFA plan, GA plan, Show them location of Fuel/Do tanks, Master overall in command even after shore fire brigade takes over.
24. Tell me something about merchant navy code of conduct.
25. What is bill of lading? Will you clause bill of lading?
26. Berthing in tight space
TIDE

BERTHING HERE

First stem the tide, snubbing of anchor when vessel center of channel, after checking vessel has sufficient clearance, heave back and then walk back starboard anchor for control of bow, headlines first FWD and Spring lines AFT then all other lines.
27. RV Situation own ship heading 000 deg and speed 5kts
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Broad alteration of course to starboard.
28. Situation
PDV crossing from STBD in TSS

Asked him how much clearance behind crossing vessel? He told me 100 mtrs? Slow down
29. Smarty board
RAM underway and stopped, FV making way port aspect, Vessel aground probably 50 mtrs or more in length port aspect, Pilot vessel less than 50 mtrs port aspect, Vessel constrained by her draft probably 50 mtrs or more in Length port aspect, Towing partly submerged object less than 25 mtrs breadth, Vessel towing alongside end on, NUC underway and stopped.

30. Care and maintenance of Gyro compass?
31. What is salvage?

BEST OF LUCK
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