[esailor Team]

Chief Mate Unlimited Orals
Date – 15TH August 2023
Result – Pass
Time – 50 Mins
Examiner – Michele Moro
 Company sends you as a chief mate onboard a vessel which is at the yard and just awaiting
to bedelivered. What are the preparations and checks will you carry out as a chief mate
before thedelivery of the new vessel.
 How will you prepare for the ISM audit?
 What is the role of a chief mate in the implementation of the ISM?
 What are the certificates that comes under the ISM code?
 How to motivate the crew under ISM?
 The vessel has departed the yard and the vessel is in the Mediterranean Sea. Thechief cook
phones up and asks you weather he can throw garbage overboard or not. Explain.
 After few hours, the vessel grounded. Action to be taken as a chief mate.
 How to go about with the re floating of the grounded vessel?
 The idea to re float the vessel has failed. What are the next considerations?
 The vessel resumed the voyage after refloating. The Master seriously falls ill.What will be
your actions as a Chief Mate? How will you get the medical treatment for him?
 How will you arrange for his repatriation by helicopter?
 How will you prepare the vessel for helicopter operations?
 What will you have to do as Chief Mate, no Master onboard and need to proceed safely to
the next port? (SMD affected, apply for dispensation from MCA)
 What is Paris MoU and Port State Control, what Port State inspection would you expect after
grounding?
 The vessel has reached dry dock after the grounding incident. How will you proceed with the
drydock of the vessel as a chief mate?
 What are the documents that you will pass to dry dock inspector?
Now assume as if I’m the Master of vessel of less than 3000 GT.
 Ship handling: A vessel at berth port side alongside . How will you cast off the vessel from
theberth and take a short turn? No wind and no tide situation.
Buoyage :
 Three buoys in a linevessel headingis 090 deg. Outbound. Which side of the buoy will you
keepthe vessel. After that explain each of the buoy including its light characteristics.
 South cardinal buoy
 Isolated danger buoy
 Region A preferred channel to starboard buoy
ROR
Vessel on a busy TSS following the lane. Vessel has risk of collision with
-sailing vessel crossing from starboard to port
-PDV crossing from port to starboard
-Fishing vessel fishing inside the lane.
Also own ship has got another PDV going parallel, same course and speed on my
starboard side. He asked me to explain the scenario and what action I will take in this situation =
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