[esailor Team]

Date: 20th July 2022
Candidate: David Grant
Examiner: Bill Blyth
Duration: 1hr 20mins
1. What do you think your responsibilities are as a Chief Eng?
I spoke about ISM code, SOCREM, PMCVR. I also decided to give a personal answer
about what it meant to me, which he said after the exam that he really appreciated.
2. How would you know when a main engine is due for overhaul?
He specifically wanted me to say that class would have this information.
3. How do you assess the performance of your engines and what Information are we
looking for when we assess this data?
Explaining Dr. Diesel was acceptable. Spoke about some common problems we look for.
Early/late injection. Peak pressures. Ignition angle etc.
4. Touched briefly on CSM and CBM.
Short explanation about what CSM is and why we use it.
Explained LO and Vibration analysis.
5. What tests can be done on our LO outside of standard shipboard tests?
Sending samples ashore for expert analysis and spectrometry report.
6. What would I look for when reviewing a LO analysis?
Listed all the items found in our LO reports.
7. Why is water in the LO a problem?
Loss of oil film in liner and hydrodynamic oil film in bearings.
Also spoke about bacterial growth in sump and conditions required.
8. How would FO get into the LO?
Mentioned leaking injector and incomplete combustion.
9. What would cause a high temp in 1 unit?
Check sensor and fuel rack. Then the usual items: Injectors, pumps, etc. Scavenge fire.
10. What causes turbocharger surging?
Explained why it happens and some of the main causes and conditions. He said he
wanted everything. Got a little stuck here. Completely forgot to mention dirty filters.
11. Am I aware of SEEMP?
EEDI, EEXI, SEEMP, EEOI, CII etc.
Talked about DNV’s SEEMP that my ship is using.
12. What can be done to improve energy efficiency?
Told him all of the projects that my ship has implemented and future plans, goals etc.
Weather routing, hull efficiency, early departure times for ferry slow speed runs etc.
13. What conditions need to be met in order for the emergency generator to start?
Explained what happens in the PMS when we black out. Loss of power to the main
switchboard operating transition breakers etc.
14. How many starting methods does an emergency generator need to have?
2 methods. We have battery and air start.
15. The ship you are on has grounded. What are your actions as Chief Eng?
Mentioned People Environment Property, damage control plan, and Load Line.
Inform, muster, monitor, checks, etc.
16. The ship has a large 2-stroke engine. Would you do any additional checks?
Mentioned possible prop impact affecting the Main Engine. As soon as I mentioned
deflections and the bedplate he moved on.
17. Asked why we take deflections?
I spoke about bearing wear then he mentioned bedplate deformation. Linking back to the
previous question.
18. There is a fire alarm in the main engine room. What are your actions as Chief Eng?
Spoke about initial actions, identifying a fire, then what I would do in the event of a fire.
Musters, Fixed FF, assembling fire teams etc.
19. There’s a very small amount of water present in your refrigerant gas. What is the
tell tale sign?
I struggled with this question initially so he moved on.
20. Talk me through the overhaul of a cylinder head.
Pictures before anything.
Just listed all items: valves, seats, springs, rotators, CW spaces(pressure test), etc.
21. We went back to Q19. Asked me to go through the system 1 part at a time.
As soon as I said expansion valve it hit me. Water would cause frost to form on the
valve.
22. What would you do?
Recover the gas and exchange. Explained the process using vacuum pumps to recovery
bottles etc.

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