External yashvant

Orals questions

Fun 1 :-

What is pressure gradient force and how it is formed.

Heading control and track control.

Overtaking meaning.

Gyro errors.

Synoptic chart.

Some ROR situations.

Waypoint in track control system.

Fun 2

Type of ur last ship.

Concentrates and hazards.

Grain angle of repose.

High density cargo.

Chapter which deals high density cargo(needs some points about tht chapter).

Grain loading conditions( i explained with VHM).

Loadline zones loading of ships.

Coal loading precautions.

DOA.

Fun 3:-

Bi party

Triparty

Air inside liferaft expansion.

Critical period & formula.

Loaded ship and drydock.

If ship with forward trim how u go about drydocking.

Contents of docking plan.

Contents of chain register.

Contents of coswp.

Thats it i remember guys.👍

Function 1:

1)Hear the fog signal on stbd bow, but not detect on radar. Action

2) rule 19

3) rule 2

4)Which all tss rule 10 apply

5)principles of gyro

6)corrections of magnetic compass

7)bridge equipment carriage

8)btm

9)eta requirment

10)

Wat type of auxilary steering gear on ur last ship

11)requirment of aux steering gear

Sypnotic charts and types and symbols

Ship routing system

Function 2

Lashing on container

Parts of container

Uses and advantage of gun tackle

Sf

Wr u will find sf

Ship listed 20 degree wat wil u check as per cargo wise

Csm

Dg cargo certificate

Loading class 1 container. Precausions and wat u check

Static test and dynamic test for derricks

Fun 3

On/off load test

Narrow canel wat precausion u take as a seamen

Trim ahead how wil u proceed to drydock and procedures

What is shores in drydock

Why now a days they dont use shores

Ductality

Latest ammendments of imdg

Function 1:

Various controls of auto pilot

Follow up and non follow up procedures

Main steering, auxiliary steering and emergency steering differences and requirements

Narrow channel general precautions

How will u assist master in taking commanding actions

What's trial manoeuvre

Various emergency scenarios

Function 2:
How will load containers

When will u secure grain

Grain code

Stability requirements of grain

What's DOA

What is CSAP

Precautions while loading coal

Precautions while loading explosives

Various classes of loading explosives in passenger ships and cargo ships

ETA arrangements on tankers and other cargo ships

Function 3:

All about drydocks

Various plans required for dry docks

Various plans on board

What's bilge blocks and bilge shores

Bi party and tri party agreement

Documents A bunker barge issues to vessel after bunkering

Various PSC code and their meanings

Slipping of anchor

Lifeboat types on tanker vessel

Life raft types on tanker vessels

That's all I remember !!! External Yashwant raj . Internal Das

External Capt kalyanaraman

Internal : Das

Date 5th June 2017

Function 3 :
P &A manual

Ballast water management methods

What is BMP4

Citadel

Statutory certificates& name a few

Duties of mate as per ISM and STCW

What is Angle of repose

MLC sailent features

What certificates as per MLC ( answer: DMLC part,1 issued by flag part 2 by owner to support part 1 )

ORB entries

Cargo record book and enteries

Chain register.. ? How many parts

How often is load test carried out

Anchor dragging as a Chief mate how u make out... From fwd ( I said immediate observation vibration in
chain and. Variation in stay of the chain he was happy with the answer )

Who is QI ?

Load Line survey and how you prepare?

External pass

Internal Das :

DID YOU CLEAR ALL writtens?

Result : Pass

Over all Capt kalyanaraman makes it very difficult.....to fail an exam

Cleared mates...

All the best guys...

Kalyana Raman
Function 1

1. Explain rule 2

2. Ice reports

3. Synoptic and prognostic charts

4. Cards 3-5

5. What s the anchor light for fishing vessel?

6. Avoiding action of trs

7. Name some Reporting systems(amver,inspires,etc)

8. Region a and b differences

9. Are cardinal marks same in both Regions?

10. Echo sounder errors

11. Gyro failure actions

12. Distress signals of annex 4

Function 2

1. Isgott and imsbc full form

2. Angle of repose explain

3. Which is dangerous Angle if repose 30 or 60?

4. Precautions and planning of heavy lift loading

5. What s Mfag?

6. Coal hazards

7. Grain stability criteria

8. Steel cargo plan and precautions

9. Grain partly loaded and fully loaded in a hold how will u ensure grain stability compliance

10. Pv valve and beaker difference

Function 3

1. Entries in olb

2. Duties of chief officer

3. What is loadline batten

4. Load line marks found wasted in ur ship and how will u paint load line marks with correct dimensions?

5. Preparation for SEQ survey

6. Decision making with master and what will u appraise

7. Squat and how to reduce squat

8. Mlc salient features

9. What s cba

10. Torsional stresses

11. How do u comply marpol annex v

Today's Orals :

Function 2:-

- Racking Stress

- 5,20,25,30 ton container to be loaded vertically, the sequence of loading and reason.

- CSS & CSM

- IMDG class 1.3, precautions

- Environment Pollutants, precautions

- Nickel Ore Loading and precautions while carrying

- TML

- Can test

- IMSBC on High Density Cargo

- Coal hazards & precautions

- COW

- TLV

- Inerted tank gas composition. O2 level.

Questions asked to me by Capt. Ramadasa

Gyroscopic inertia

Precision
Ice navigation

Fronts

Depression

Trs

Rv situation

Cards

Buoys

Settling of gyro

South west monsoon

Ice reports

Polar code

Function 3

Surveys

Non return valve

Grounding

MlC

Ism

Solas in brief

Marpol discharge criteria

Damage stability

Log book entry

Wbt vent pipe diagram and expalin the working

Fixed co2 and foam systems

Heavy weather precautions

Master died , wat to do

Role of psc

If capt.das is psc inspector, wat to check in ships in Chennai port

Function 1:

Various controls of auto pilot

Follow up and non follow up procedures

Main steering, auxiliary steering and emergency steering differences and requirements

Narrow channel general precautions

How will u assist master in taking commanding actions

What's trial manoeuvre

Various emergency scenarios

Function 2:

How will load containers

When will u secure grain

Grain code

Stability requirements of grain

What's DOA

What is CSAP

Precautions while loading coal

Precautions while loading explosives

Various classes of loading explosives in passenger ships and cargo ships

ETA arrangements on tankers and other cargo ships

Function 3:

All about drydocks

Various plans required for dry docks

Various plans on board

What's bilge blocks and bilge shores

Bi party and tri party agreement

Documents A bunker barge issues to vessel after bunkering

Various PSC code and their meanings

Slipping of anchor

Lifeboat types on tanker vessel

Life raft types on tanker vessels

That's all I remember !!! External Yashwant raj . Internal Das

Capt. N.KUMAR

Fun 1 :

Col

Ror cards ( towing, nuc, ram, fishing v/l other than trawler,.........)

Fronts, frontal depression

Coriolis force

Synoptic chart

Navigation in high latitudes

Principles of long by chron ( I said whole calculation but he not accepted)

Magnetic compass ( ABCDE, PQR)

Gyro compass

Fun 2:

Waybill

Bill of lading

Mates receipt

Hold preparation and precautions of

1) phosphoric acid

2) sulphuric acid

3) molasses

4) urea liquid

5) paraffin wax

6) iron ore
Precautions heavy lift

Npsh

Fun 3:

Competent person

Annealing and it's purpose

Stcw 2010 new requirements

Undocking precautions

Why vessel stern touches the block first, while drydocking

Boil off

What is certificate of fitness

What is psc and psc comes under which regulation of solas ( I said solas chapter but he wants which
regulations)

Triparty

Biparty

CBA

AOA

Ecdis functional requirements

Dredging of anchor,

Running moor

QH CURVE

External: Deepak Kapoor

Internal : Das

Function 3:

Design and construction of container ship.

Block coeff of last vsl.

Special survey for container vessel 15 yrs of age.

Implementation of ism in drydock.

Pms of hull in dry dock during special survey.

Pms of accommodation ladder.

Duties as safety officer.

Psc and fsc

Psc detainable deficiency

As per marpol solas mlc

Wat all psc will check

Chain register

Survey interval

Pms of lsa items

Fn 1

Principles of navigation

How many navarea

Met area

India nav area

Info u get from nav warning

Solas chapter 5 contents

Chapter 8 of stcw (naviagtion)

Tss duties of chief officer

6 cards

2 situations

Man over board action in bridge

Duties as a mate whole voyage top to bottom.

That's all I remember guys.

Internal

No questions asked.

Deepak Kapoor
#Bulk carrier construction, certification

#Dock labour act

#MLC for crew checks

#PSC INSPECTION which regulations

#Cap case

#esp SSP asp

#seaworthy in dry dock

#marpol for bulk carriers

# cargo residue discharge as per annex 5

#heavy lift vsl and cargo

#grain vhm and COA

#iron ore precautions

#coal hazards

# nls

#chemical tankers in general

# containers on bulk carriers

#crossing situation

#spl mark

#south cardinal mark

#light visibility criteria

#sound signalling apparatus criteria

# Electronic highway for navigation

# electronic navigation

#trs and avoiding

# master dead action

#procedure for anchoring

#solas general

#imsbc code general

#lights of various Val's

#sound signals of various vessels

#vsl listed to 15 deg. Corrective action

#drills procedure

#pms of bridge equipments

#ergnomics

#heavy weather precautions

#saftey officer

What is electronic high way

It s joint project between malacca strait countries Indonesia Malayasia and Singapore taking full control
of ship

For navigation

Ram doss questions

Fun 2

Which type of ships u sailed. Iam bulk so he started asking from bulk

Hazards of coal

Hazards of sulphur

BLC full form and its content

What is DRI? From where u will get information about it.

Say about ISGOTT

Loading steel coil, and u found rusted. What will be ur action. Where will u make the remark. Where
master will give clean BOL r not

Why crude oil is used in Cow washing.

What is sheer stress

What do u know about SF and BM

Fun3

PMS of free fall life boat

Explain any 2 chapters of ism

Objectives of ism

Harmonised system of survey

Difference between periodic and annual survay

Fun 3

Psc inspection onboard ur ship, under what all code and convention he will carry out inspection

Function one

Situations 5 to 6 involving. Fishing / TSS / Rv

Rules 19 10 understanding.

Annexe 1and 2

Gyro properties

Explain the same

How to take sight n methods.. any one

Explain the same..

Wat is TLD

Wat is katabatic anabatic winds..

Westerlies.

Corolios force

Synoptic n prognostic charts

Mean vector current chart

TRS formation .. lhsc rhsc.. escaping action.

Warm front cold front

Android barometer how it works..

Corrections to it.

Limitations of ecdis

Limitations of radar

Magnetic compass errors.

Errors of gyro. Explain why it happens..

Odas.

Eta arrangements

When to use composte circle sailing...

Tats all I remember..in function one..

Function two...

Garbaord strake sheer strake..

Gz curve draw n explain..

Virtual loss of gm formula n explain..

Racking stress.

Nickle iron loading in Philippines.. how do u go abt...

Density of ur last cargo loaded.. did not answer.

Prepare stowage plan..

Isgott

Grain stab criteria

Container ship stab criteria.....

Wat is flash point.

Wat is tlv..

Wat is bleve .didnot answer

Wat is pour point.

Wat is pv valve breaker mast riser.

Wat is fsm n mctc

Function 3

Official log book

Whose requirement..

Entries to b made...

Master dead .. wat actions.

Surveys..

Cas

Cap.

Pms for lifeboat

Pms for windlass...

Head currents..onshore wind. How do u berth..stbd along side..

Tats all bro....

What r the main certificates required for inward clearance by agents in most of the ports

What is that A1057(27)

Generally it is reg 19 ch.1 of solas

4 PROVISION FOR PORT STATE CONTROL

Regulation 19 of chapter I, regulation 6.2 of chapter IX, regulation 4 of chapter XI-1 and

regulation 9 of chapter XI-2 of SOLAS, as modified by the SOLAS Protocol 1988; article 21

of Load Lines, as modified by the Load Lines Protocol 1988; articles 5 and 6, regulation 11 of

Annex I, regulation 16.9 of Annex II, regulation 8 of Annex III, regulation 13 of Annex IV,

regulation 8 of Annex V and regulation 10 of Annex VI of MARPOL; article X of STCW;

article 12 of Tonnage and article 11 of AFS provide for control procedures to be followed by a

Party to a relevant convention with regard to foreign ships visiting their ports. The authorities

of port States should make effective use of these provisions for the purposes of identifying

deficiencies, if any, in such ships which may render them substandard (see section 3.1), and

ensuring that remedial measures are taken.

Coriolis force

Warning sign of trs

Carriage requirements of gyrocompass, RADAR

Solas chapter 5 contents in random just he wants want u know

Gyrocompass errir

How u will correct speed error

If gyro fails how u know

Impede the safe passage means

As a chief officer what precautions u will take in RV

Limitations of RADAR, ECDIS

How u will check the accuracy of ECDIS

What alarm will triggered if u not use appropriate scale chart in ECDIS Rule 8 a what it says

Rule 19a

Actually he expecting answer rule 19a u have to say in precautions RV....

If I remember, will update u

Function 2:

Stowage factor...from where u will get....

Intact stability criteria...

Tell something about grain code, timber code...

What is lumber line.... Why it is called lumber load line not timber loadline....

IMSBC and BLU code content

Angle of repose..

as a chief officer what all plans reqd for cargo loading...

Mates receipt and Bill of lading...

ISGOTT...

Types of chemical tanker and gas tanker.... What is stress and how will u find stress and I said
loadicator... Then he asked whether ur loadicator is correct or wrong how u know.... If I remember... I
will update u
Date:04.09.2017

External:

Capt. Ranganathan

1.Voyage planning in TSS

(He wanted to hear precautions, sound signals-I told overtaking signals, agreeing signals for overtaking
and 5 rapid blasts. He then asked me what about in a obscured bend)

2.Passage planning what you will check as mate. Master tells you to check and report the passage plan
prepared by 2/O. What will you report?

3.How will you assist Master in a narrow channel as mate. How will you assist Master in anchoring?

4.Man overboard actions. When I finished he asked me what is the sound signal?

5.Reporting systems. (I asked anything in specific, he asked for AMVER and INDSAR) Here I missed
deviation report he reminded me with a hint.

6.VTIS

7.Rule 19(he wanted only d(i)&(ii)), 8, Rule 2 understanding, CBD vessel and aground

Vessel definition (aground i told in own words)

8.How you will know vessel is aground?

9.Actions for aground vessel (he wanted to hear the lights, shapes and sounds as well)

10.About 15 situations involving RV, FV and towing. He had a wooden model and I presumed as a PD
vessel. He then said it is a towing vessel. And lights for towing vessel only.

11.Isolated danger mark usage, light and top marks. What you will do when you sight right ahead?

12.Cardinal marks lights only he asked.

13.Racon and Ramark difference.

14.ECDIS (I told in general)

15.How will you update ECDIS? And how do you know it is updated up to the latest updates. What will
you do if any updates are missing.

Date:04.09.2017

External:
Capt. Ranganathan

1.Voyage planning in TSS

(He wanted to hear precautions, sound signals-I told overtaking signals, agreeing signals for overtaking
and 5 rapid blasts. He then asked me what about in a obscured bend)

2.Passage planning what you will check as mate. Master tells you to check and report the passage plan
prepared by 2/O. What will you report?

3.How will you assist Master in a narrow channel as mate. How will you assist Master in anchoring?

4.Man overboard actions. When I finished he asked me what is the sound signal?

5.Reporting systems. (I asked anything in specific, he asked for AMVER and INDSAR) Here I missed
deviation report he reminded me with a hint.

6.VTIS

7.Rule 19(he wanted only d(i)&(ii)), 8, Rule 2 understanding, CBD vessel and aground

Vessel definition (aground i told in own words)

8.How you will know vessel is aground?

9.Actions for aground vessel (he wanted to hear the lights, shapes and sounds as well)

10.About 15 situations involving RV, FV and towing. He had a wooden model and I presumed as a PD
vessel. He then said it is a towing vessel. And lights for towing vessel only.

11.Isolated danger mark usage, light and top marks. What you will do when you sight right ahead?

12.Cardinal marks lights only he asked.

13.Racon and Ramark difference.

14.ECDIS (I told in general)

15.How will you update ECDIS? And how do you know it is updated up to the latest updates. What will
you do if any updates are missing.

16.TRS how will form, and actions. Coriolis force.

Yesterday parthasarathy qns fn-3:

1. Ism objectives and its certificates with validity

2. Issc certificate and validity

3. SSP contents
4. Mlc main function and its rest hours

5. Chain register contents

6. Plans required for drydocking

7. Critical infant and period difference

8. Contents of seq, radio cert, iopp form a and b

9. Passenger cert A and B

10. Biparty agreement

11. Enhanced survey programme applicable for wh ships and contents

12. Continuous synopsis record gives what data

13. Preparation for loadline survey as a ch mate

14. In drydock what are the maintenance you will do for cargo hold bilges.

Surveyor. Parthasarathi

Fun 1

All vsl light , day n night shape. Sound signal.

Rule 2 quote.

Ram, nuc, cbt definition.

Rule 18 related question.

Various ocean currents and name few of them.

Trs n fortal depression difference.

Various weather related equipment.

Ecdis maintainance.

How to correct enc.

Maintainance on sidelight.

Vsl aground action.

Thats all i remember

Cleared.. chief mate

Thanks to all...

All the best...

Fun 1

Sailing vsl crossing from port to stbd. You're CBD. Actions?

CBD, vsl aground, nuc, lights, daysignaks and sound signals

Actions on seeing vsl aground ahead

Definition of CBD

Rule 19

What maintenance you will do on navigation lights

What equipments are onboard used for wx observations

Errors and uses about them

Using terrestrial objects what methods are there to find position

Fun2

Flamability diagram

Alarms in IG systems

PV valve and pv breaker

Purging an gasfreeing

Hazards of coal, sulphur

Imdg classes and he asked abt DOC

FUN 3

preparation for loadline survey

And seq survey

Contents of form E

Navigation equipment s in form E

Drydocking, critical instant, frequency of dd, when will you do underwater inspection to get exemption
from DD

Maintenance of anchor in DD

Lifeboat static and dynamic testing

Entries in log book

What's the significance of making freeboard entries on departure

Watertight bulkhead

Margin line

Oly these I remember

QUESTIONS BY CAPT.IVR Function one :

1.Explain star finder.

2.In Rotterdam which buoyage system.(This port he asked because , he earlier asked me which is ur
trading pattern)

3.Rules applicable in Rotterdam Channel

4.How do u arrange manpower with respective of watches in the channel.what bridge watch keeping
level.

5.what was the min visibility applicable for ur vessel and from where u r quoting it.

6.Explain Rule 17.

7.diff BT GC and Rhumb line. some question on this topic.

8.Explain ECDIS anti grounding alarm.

9.TRS explain and favourable occurring condition.

10.Corolisis force.

11.Anchoring procedure.

Function Two:

1. Why Chemical carriers r small in size.

2. How to calculate cargo.

3. Which publication gives info about the cargo.

4.features of MSDS.

5.what is the means of venting system.

6.How does the Vaccum side of the PV work.

7.Inert gas system.

8.Why is Nitrogen used instead of IG.

9.primary and secondary Venting system.

10.Pump Room evacuation procedure. and venting arrangement .

11. LPG and LNG what diff. What r the types, and which cargoes each carries.

12.Flash point explain and define.

13. Why is coconut oil in cat Y as I am using it at my home daily , why is it not harmful for human and
only its harmful for marine environment.

14. Discharge criteria of Cat X how to measure 0.1% effluent.

15.How is prewash carried out. (He asks mostly on the ship u have sailed on )

Function Three :

1. What is official log book.what entries to be made as a mate.

2.how do u adjust work and rest hours after a long day of 15 hrs of work for 3 Deck hand.( Action if non
conformities and the exemption part and give sufficient rest the consequetive day )

3.Piracy, Armed Robbery, Hijacking.

4.IMB.

5.Dock labour act, reg for Gangway basis Dock labour act.

6.Proof load of a crane of 10 tonnes SWL.

This is all I remember guys. Hope this will be of some use.

Prepare well !!

Fun 3

Special survey

DD intervals for tankers

Special survey what r the things will check

All about drydock

Chain register

How r the entries made

Who will make the entries

Dock labour act

Safe eq and safecon surveys

If death occurs action

Whether marriages can be done on ship

Aoa and cba contents

Cross questions on that

Olb entries

Pms of masthead lights

Fun 2

Tanker constructions

How will load in tanker

Lop and nop

Tanker calculations

How will u load in bulk carrier

Grain calculations and how will u load grain

Isgott and what is the use

How will u load imdg

Grain code
Timber code

Hazards of loading timber on deck

Documents needed to load in tankers and solid bulk

IOPP survey preparation

Fun 1

Quote rule 1

Vsls exempted in colregs

Situations with respect to the following Rules 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17 , 19

What’s the damage stability criteria for container ships ???

Internal : Capt.kalyanaraman

Ext: Das , Ghosh

Fn2:

1. How is car carriers separate from other ships,salient features

2.Ventilating system , fire fighting system in car carriers

3. Saftey measures on roro ramp

4. Loading of steel cargo,lashing and stowing procedures

5. Vessel listing during loading steel coil action

6. Timber loading procedure

7. Timber cargo calculation

8. Grain stability criteria , timber criteria

9. Imdg, Mfag,Ems full form

10. Segregation of dg cargo

11. Aor , Tml , Fml, stowage factor

12. Can test procedure

13.Concentrates definition and hazards

14. High density cargo precaution

15. 30° or 60° Aor which is more dangerous why ?

16. Raw sugar hold preparation(regarding lime coating)

17.Iron ore loading procedure

18.Prepare a stowage plan(gave the cargo qty n asked to draw )

19. Deck seal

20.Chain register contents

Fn3:

1. Seq and load line survey preparation

2. Load line paint damaged

3. Load line baton

4. Iopp cert validity and if it is not done in-between then your action

5. High risk area precaution

6. Duties of Chief off as per ism and stcw

7. P&A manual

8. Dock workers regulation

9. Pms for gangway , accommodation ladder, windlass

10. Training new joining crew

11. Olb entries

12. Undocking precautions

13. Checks in engine room after Undocking

14. Shallow water effect , Baltic mooring

15.Fire in accommodation ( breaker circuit cut off)

16. Anchor dragging how will cable lead ?

17. Pre bunker precautions and duties of mate in bunkering

18. Gg1 formula, Dry dock formula , critical period

19. Types of lifebuoys , solas requirement for static and dynamic test of lifeboat

20. Davit lowering solas requirement, Mob marker weight and lifebuoy specifications

21. Draft survey procedures (fn2 with formulas)

Internal : Capt.kalyanaraman

Ext: Das , Ghosh

Func 1:

1. How will plot a GC co from Europe to u.s

2 . Wat all precautions will u tke

3. Wat all currents will u experience

4. Wat all reporting u know

5. Explain INSPIRES

6. Wat r warm and cold currents

7. Errors of gyro

8. Sextant principle

9. Around 20 cards

10. 2 situations

11. Heading 000 deg North bouy ahead action

12. U mate and ur 2nd off received new charts wat all u will ask him 2 check and where will find the info

13. U r mate master called u 2 bridge and said dat ur cal aground... Ur action as mate

14. Wat all currents u'll experience in da equatorial regions

15. U r going around Cape Town 2 north wat all precautions u'll tke

16. How will plan ur above passage and plot ur co

17.baltic moor

18.echo sounder error

19.how will plot ur posn all method astro terres and equipment

20.how u taken a running fix

21. Reg A and B buoy diff and similarities

22. Which all countries in reg A and B

And a few in between cross questions

Result: pass

Date:04.09.2017

External:

Capt. Ranganathan

1.Voyage planning in TSS

(He wanted to hear precautions, sound signals-I told overtaking signals, agreeing signals for overtaking
and 5 rapid blasts. He then asked me what about in a obscured bend)

2.Passage planning what you will check as mate. Master tells you to check and report the passage plan
prepared by 2/O. What will you report?

3.How will you assist Master in a narrow channel as mate. How will you assist Master in anchoring?

4.Man overboard actions. When I finished he asked me what is the sound signal?

5.Reporting systems. (I asked anything in specific, he asked for AMVER and INDSAR) Here I missed
deviation report he reminded me with a hint.

6.VTIS

7.Rule 19(he wanted only d(i)&(ii)), 8, Rule 2 understanding, CBD vessel and aground

Vessel definition (aground i told in own words)

8.How you will know vessel is aground?

9.Actions for aground vessel (he wanted to hear the lights, shapes and sounds as well)

10.About 15 situations involving RV, FV and towing. He had a wooden model and I presumed as a PD
vessel. He then said it is a towing vessel. And lights for towing vessel only.

11.Isolated danger mark usage, light and top marks. What you will do when you sight right ahead?

12.Cardinal marks lights only he asked.

13.Racon and Ramark difference.

14.ECDIS (I told in general)

15.How will you update ECDIS? And how do you know it is updated up to the latest updates. What will
you do if any updates are missing.

16.TRS how will form, and actions. Coriolis force.

capt. DASS

capt. SHAU

capt. RANGANATHAN

FUNCTION 1

UTC diff GMT he

there is some error b/w these two he waned to hear that error

Diff b/w safe water buoy nd isolated danger buoy both are same alround navigalbe water around then
why

two differnet buoys in Buoyage system (and various cross quesstion)

circum polar wt is that and condition

star sight full procedure and hw u wil select stars and

justify y hav u told this said procedures

1st magnitude to star

wt is H102 and wer u wil get that forms

all forms in H

and procedure to fill that form

few examples for filling these forms

u sighted a ice berg wt is u r action

and how wil u report to master wen he comes to bridge

and wt all actions u will take b4 master arrives bridge

and how to report this iceberg and whom to report

few ROR situation

horizontal and verticle positioning of lights annex 1

safe water mark light shapes clolour

rule 7 (quote and he wanetd to hear apporaching vsl)

soem situation which option u wil do and y

alteration of course of reduction of speed

CBD rule definition and signals day and night

how wil u fill H102 form

horizontal sextant angle draw and explain all 3 cases =90, +90, -90

verticle sextant angle

FUNCTION 2

As chief mate loadiacator not working wt all u wil do

u hav to load 40,000 cargo wt u wil do

how will u load steel coils draw and explain hw lashing is done

how wil u load steel slabs which direction u wil load

and out of which 300MT finally u cannot avoid loading chartrers inisting to load

and u cannot load F& A due to space constrains how wil u go about

cadet reported u some noice in ballast tank wt u wil do

and u found oi leaked in to balalst tank

wt u wil do how will u arrest that leak

after gasfreeing owners telling u to do hot work inside ballast tank

hw wil u do (all 3 wants to listen, u r sequence of action and hw u wil go about)

load density and from wer u wil get that

timber loading he wants to hear every thing (continuously keep telling all until he stops u )

spacing of stonchions

lashing and y WIGGLE (shoe lace) lashing y not other lashing

loading scale

wt all information u wil get from hydrostatic table

wt is summer draft and for which water

hydrostatic draft which water

mean of mean draft

hydrostatic draft is for which water

flamability diagram

critical level of dilution

purging explain from that diagram

FUNCTION 3

SOPEP

U collided a vsl in her engine room wt all things u wil do

(he wants to hear u wil do mutual assiatance to another ship,

do not give astern and try to seperate and he wil ask Y u should not seperate ships

he want to listen by the process of seperating ships u will tear the skin more & more damage to hull etc
etc ....

Merc.Shipp ACT PART 10,share contact information

stop if any spill by quick closing valve & no further spill and etc etc.... all 3 were happy in listening all this

continuously keep telling until they stops u )

which all ships not having oil record book

statuatory certificates

does garbage annex V have any certificates

garbage disc criteria and any certificates as per MARPOL ANNEX V any

certificate for garbage

GRB

BWM certificate and requlations to exchange convention which year

PSC & FSC with example

duriation of certificates all certificates

certificate B

FORM R and its contents eloborate in detail

GT & NT not only definition wt is it used for

ORB entries

which ships ORB not required

wt s decanting full procedure

hw u wil discharge oil by complying marpol

how ODME works (he wants to listen hw it is calculating instantaneous rate of discharge and hw it gives

command signal to overboard vale to close and open recirculation valve to slops

thans frnds this is wt i remeber

al d best mates

Capt.ranganathan

Function -3

1. Statutory certificates, list the certificates,

2. About Aoa

3. Plenty abt dock labour act and chain register,

4.various test of loose gear and lifting appliance

5. Plenty question on ism

6. Stcw 2010 major amendments

7. PMS on winch and anchor

8. How u will train the crew on ism and various approach of training

9.what u will do for welfare of crew

10. Safety precaution on oil pollution

11. Banking effect

12. Definitions in anchoring

13. Critical instant and critical period

14. As a mate preparing for dry dock

15. Damage stability issued by whom, what all things in that, under what convention

16. What is strake.

October 2017
External: Capt. Yesvanth raj

Function: 1

1. Mean by Heading control and Track control. Requirements as per SOLAS chapter

2. LRIT requirements and LRIT working principle

3.SVDR & VDR difference

4.Gradient force

5.Synoptic chart content and use

6. Magnetic compass error

7. Gyro errors

8.Rule 19

9. Rule 13

10. Annex 1

11. ECDIS auto track control system

12.Various situations

13.Coriolis force

14. TRS avoiding action

15.GPS errors

16.Various question based on synoptic chart

17.Various forecast related to weather

18. Ice forecast

19.Polar code

20. Various nav equipment carriage requirements as required by solas chapter 5

Date: 1-11-2017

External: Capt. IVR

Internal: Capt. S.k.Das

Function: 2

1. Lodicator fail how will u find GM.

2. Requirement for grain loading.

3. Additional requirements for ships loading grain with out DOA.

4. CSC Plate content.

5. IMDG segregation and compatibility table.

6. Tanker loading calculations and gas cargo calculations.

7. High density cargo

8. Cargo crane faulty cargo is hanging in air what's your action.

9. Hazardous, Dangerous, harmful substances difference.

10. CSS Code in brief.

Result: Pass

Cleared mates brothers thank you all for you help .

This is all that I remember as of now will post rest

1.11.2017

Capt.IVR

Fun:3

1. Prepare Vsl for drydock

2. How will you confirm Vsl is dragging

3. Foul anchor , foul cable

4. Anchor chain diameter

5. Requirements of free fall lifeboat

6. Frequency of lowering of freefall lifeboat

7. Galley fire action

8. What are FFE required in galley

9. How and where will you use fire blanket

10. Galley fixed fire fighting system

11. Damage stability criteria

12. RPSL, AOA, CBA

13. Annual survey

external Das: no ques

Result: Pass

Fun 2,3

Date:02 nov 2017

Ext: capt.kalyana raman

Int:das

Loading and discharging of palm oil ,palm stearin , con .H2SO4 .

Tank cleaning of of all above .

Loading palm oil after H2SO4 tank preperation .

FOSFA

Type 2,3 chemical tanker construction .

Calculation of oil tanker full procedure .

Venting system of chemical and oil tanker

IG requirement and latest amendments of IG requirement by vessels .

COW procedure .

Flammability diagram asked to draw .

All discharged criteria for annex 1,2,4,and 5

SOLAS latest amendments.

POLAR code

BWM convention and is india party to it .

Types of gas tanker

MARVS Where will you find it .

Types of tanks in gas tanker and there thickness and which cargo it can load .

IBC AND IGC code .

Grain loading booklet

Doa and without doa intact stability requirements .

IMSBC,BLU,CSS,CSC
CSC PLATE

Stack weight,load density , profile plan,shel expansion plan .

Loading of steal coil asked to draw and show in paper .

VRP

UNCLOS in general .

All plans on board and explain wt you will get in that .

Damage stability booklet contents .

Ship shore safety checklist especially wt is p stands for (p -request permission )

Racking stress,torsion stress, all 6 degrees of freedom .

How to anchor vsl practically asked to draw and show.

Anchor dragging how will u find out .

Girting of tug boat and how it happens

Angle of lol

How to correct that angle of lol

Loading of sulpher ,coal , rice

All the hazards of above

How to avoid the hazards of above .

2nd mate call you at night saying that ballast pump not working action and you are loading iron ore .

Docking of ship wt is your preperation

Un docking ship wt is your preperation as mate .

Mlc requirements

DMLC

Chain registration

Annealing ,quenching .

Different types of mooring of anchor asked to draw .

Wt happened to emerald star that sank .

How will you load iron ore and DRI .

Where will you get detail of the tank capacity .

Quarter mean draft in draft survey

How will you prepare ship for load line survey .

Dynamic and static test of L/B and crane .

Wt is ISM

Wt is doc and smc

As mate how will you comply ISM

Ship got listed suddenly to port side wt is your action in ballast condition and when loaded with
concentrates .

ISGOT Contents .

General average , types of B/L .

Lop ,loi , nop

When to issue all the above .

Psc onbd wt is your action master not onbd

Different MOU and who is first mou .

Detainable deficiency , NC , major NC .

If detained wt is action .(he want whom will you report ).

Internal : no questions .

Result :P P

This much only I remember and many cross question in between them and he will listen every thing wt
ever you answer and if you have doubt in question u can ask him to repeat the question .

All the best guys .

Fun 2:

DK

IMO codes applied in general cargo loading.

Timber code

Grain code

Heavy lift precaution

ISGOTT contents

IBC contents

IGC contents

IMSBC contents

NOP,LOP

FUN 1

DK

Some cards
Situation in RV

Application of Rule 9,10,18

Key Rules?

Totally how many rules

Lights for NUC,AGROUND

BTM

contents of passage plan

Shop routing

Fun 2-

Sahoo. & Das

1. Heavy lift. He was asking practical questions.

2. Load density. Where u ll find it.

3. Load scale.

4. Hydrostatic draft.

5. Stability criteria of all .

6. Documents required for grain carrier.

7. Dock water allowance.

8. BC

9. Alarms of inert gas.

10. CSC . Full form and contents.

11. Mainetance of lifting gear.

12. Precautions for carriage of heavy lift.

13. Stowage factor.

14. Where u ll find load density other than stability booklet.

That's all I remember.

Result: Cleared Chief mates.

Thank u all.

Questions are

-As chief officer implementation of mlc on board

- types of chemical tankers and construction and stability requirement for them

-total number of rules

-quote rules from 1 to 19

- prepare vessel for dry dock

- assumption of free board on chemical tankers

- solas chapter v contents

-preparation and certification in drydock and survey in dry dock

-4 ror cards

- 5 ror situations

- manover board action

- use of gymbul tackel

- use of achors

- foul anchor clearing procedure

- documentation and certificates

- ETA and it's requirement

- visibility 0 manover board

- annexe of ror

- maintenance of navigational lights

-where to find special mark buoy in India

- where and all special buoy is used

That all I remember guys

Function 2

Yaswant raj
Angle of repose

Hazards of concentrate

Csm contents

Imdg documents requirmens

And contents

List formulae

Vertical shift of kg formulae

Precausions when picking up heavy lift

Types of lashing on deck while loading timber

Result :P

Function 3:

External: Yashwant raj

Dry dock prep

Bi-party , tri- party,

Cargo gear maintenance

Declivity of Dock

Bunker delivery notes content

Proof load test

Chain register

Grounding action

Maintenance of lifeboat

Formula for upthrust force P

Internal: Ghosh

MLC
ISM

SOLAS contents

Weight of the MOB buoy

What u will get from Sheer expansion plan

SOPEP contents

Formula for virtual loss of GM

Result : Pass

Cleared mates fellas

Fun 1

Rule 13 and rule 19

Few situation

Define fishing vessel

What is synoptic chart and what all information u will get from it

Passage plan in ecdis

Meaning for flag Z and P

Internal : ghosh

In which all situation u will alter to port

Result pass

Cleared mates

capt. DASS

capt. SHAU

capt. RANGANATHAN
FUNCTION 1

UTC diff GMT he

there is some error b/w these two he waned to hear that error

Diff b/w safe water buoy nd isolated danger buoy both are same alround navigalbe water around then
why

two differnet buoys in Buoyage system (and various cross quesstion)

circum polar wt is that and condition

star sight full procedure and hw u wil select stars and

justify y hav u told this said procedures

1st magnitude to star

wt is H102 and wer u wil get that forms

all forms in H

and procedure to fill that form

few examples for filling these forms

u sighted a ice berg wt is u r action

and how wil u report to master wen he comes to bridge

and wt all actions u will take b4 master arrives bridge

and how to report this iceberg and whom to report

few ROR situation

horizontal and verticle positioning of lights annex 1

safe water mark light shapes clolour

rule 7 (quote and he wanetd to hear apporaching vsl)

soem situation which option u wil do and y

alteration of course of reduction of speed

CBD rule definition and signals day and night

how wil u fill H102 form

horizontal sextant angle draw and explain all 3 cases =90, +90, -90

verticle sextant angle

FUNCTION 2

As chief mate loadiacator not working wt all u wil do

u hav to load 40,000 cargo wt u wil do

how will u load steel coils draw and explain hw lashing is done

how wil u load steel slabs which direction u wil load

and out of which 300MT finally u cannot avoid loading chartrers inisting to load

and u cannot load F& A due to space constrains how wil u go about

cadet reported u some noice in ballast tank wt u wil do

and u found oi leaked in to balalst tank

wt u wil do how will u arrest that leak

after gasfreeing owners telling u to do hot work inside ballast tank

hw wil u do (all 3 wants to listen, u r sequence of action and hw u wil go about)

load density and from wer u wil get that

timber loading he wants to hear every thing (continuously keep telling all until he stops u )

spacing of stonchions

lashing and y WIGGLE (shoe lace) lashing y not other lashing

loading scale

wt all information u wil get from hydrostatic table

wt is summer draft and for which water

hydrostatic draft which water

mean of mean draft

hydrostatic draft is for which water

flamability diagram

critical level of dilution

purging explain from that diagram

FUNCTION 3

SOPEP

U collided a vsl in her engine room wt all things u wil do

(he wants to hear u wil do mutual assiatance to another ship,

do not give astern and try to seperate and he wil ask Y u should not seperate ships

he want to listen by the process of seperating ships u will tear the skin more & more damage to hull etc
etc ....

Merc.Shipp ACT PART 10,share contact information

stop if any spill by quick closing valve & no further spill and etc etc.... all 3 were happy in listening all this

continuously keep telling until they stops u )

which all ships not having oil record book

statuatory certificates

does garbage annex V have any certificates

garbage disc criteria and any certificates as per MARPOL ANNEX V any

certificate for garbage

GRB

BWM certificate and requlations to exchange convention which year

PSC & FSC with example

duriation of certificates all certificates

certificate B

FORM R and its contents eloborate in detail

GT & NT not only definition wt is it used for

ORB entries

which ships ORB not required

wt s decanting full procedure

hw u wil discharge oil by complying marpol

how ODME works (he wants to listen hw it is calculating instantaneous rate of discharge and hw it gives

command signal to overboard vale to close and open recirculation valve to slops

thans frnds this is wt i remeber

al d best mates

Func 1
1.what is circumpolar body-condition.

2.Cards about 7 ,8no- sailing v/l, Ram, pilot vl , trawler , dredger .

2. What is RAM,

3. What is NUC , what light u will display wen eng, failure and anchored

Fog signal for sailing vessel ,

Vessel engaged in dredging at anchor lights and fog signal .

5. What is gyro compass property, gyro errors ,

6. What correction u apply for barometer , what all errors in barometer .

7. What is eye of trs, what weather u experience in eye -mainly he wants to hear about visibility,

8. What is dangerous quadrant, in both hemeispher, action to be taken when your in navigable as well
as dangerous hemisphere

9. Condition for TRS formation, what is the intial movement of trs in northern hemeisphere.

10. Fronts- its weather

11. What is Coriolis force, buy ballots law ,

Fun-2

1.What is IMDg code ,stowage and segregation,

2. You have to load a container having dangerous cargo how you will load , segregation type , how to
find for suitability .

3.what document s you need for dangerous good

4. What is solas requirement about bulk cargo

5. Say something about IMSBC- code

6.what is TML, how much it should be ,

7. What is FMP, MC

8.you are loading bulk cargo and u see its moisture content fairly high , as a chief officer what will u do,

9. Test procedure to determine flow moisture state,

10 . Will you load if TML is higher , requirement

11. How will you load grain in general cargo ship

Namely he wants condition for loading without DOA, stability requirements for grain, what r the types of
securing grain.
12. He placed a object infront of me said this is cargo of 100mt tonnes tell how you will proceed,

Precaution when loading heavy lift .

13 what is Lel,ufl, diagram,

14. What is difference of PVvalve/ Pv breaker

15 . What you will measure with multi gas detector , how. You will know if it's working properly ,
procedure for carring out calibration

16.what is oxygen analyser, how it works .

FUN-3

1.what is chain register ,what test you do ,what is the frequency for annealing ,

2. What is proof load how much it should be ,how to carry out test on cargo lifting appliance

3. PMs for life boat , frequency duration of life boat dynamic test,

4.vessel collided what action

5. What is critical instant , why do we need to caculate it.

6.formula for virtual loss of GM

7. What is stealer plate,

8. What is shell expansion plan , what does it give and where you use it.

9.what is sewage.

10. Define special areas,

11. Garbage disposal , what is Odmc

12.preparation for SEQ Survey, load line survey.

13. How will you implement crew

14. How you will motivate crew .

His other fav question asked to other candidates are

1) lodicator failed how u will load

2) head on situation u have shallow patch action as per which rule

Function 1 : Gyro principle, errors,

Corriolis force ?

Trs how does it forms and how it travels ?

Cards : towing , pilot vessel

Head on situation with shallow patch on stbd side ?

Dredger at anchor what lights ?

Fucntion 2 : ( first he asked what ship have u done ? I said tankers )

What's timber code ?

How will u load timber ?

What is upright ?

Lashings of timber ?

How will you load explosives ?

Classes of imdg ?

Deck seals ? Types of deck seals ?

Lifting gear maintenance

Sss as per solas ch-12 for bulk carrier and marpol annex 1- for tanker

Function 3 - what is special area ?

Ballast water management?

What are the types of ballast water exchange ?

Criteria for ballast water exchange at sea ?

What are the statutory and mandatory certificates ?

Who issues loadline certificate? ( He didn't accept the answer that administration issues )

Lifeboat Pms ?

Function 1

Ror cards he asked me 3 cards

Duamonds importance in charts

How to decide neap tides or spring tides value

How do we do reporting system on ship

Deviation report in detail and

Its importance

Ice code

Situation of towing in narrow channel and rule 19 situation in detail with reference to overatking

Funtion 2

Pv valve and breaker

Importance of purging

Importance of self triming in bulk carriers

Cargo securing manual in detail

And stowage of steel cargo

Importance of loading grain cargo and difference between grain and timber code

Funtio 3

Certification and classification

Equipments damage condition of fibre and wire ropes

Marpol in detail mainly concentrated on annex 6 air pollution

4 PROVISION FOR PORT STATE CONTROL

Regulation 19 of chapter I, regulation 6.2 of chapter IX, regulation 4 of chapter XI-1 and

regulation 9 of chapter XI-2 of SOLAS, as modified by the SOLAS Protocol 1988; article 21

of Load Lines, as modified by the Load Lines Protocol 1988; articles 5 and 6, regulation 11 of

Annex I, regulation 16.9 of Annex II, regulation 8 of Annex III, regulation 13 of Annex IV,

regulation 8 of Annex V and regulation 10 of Annex VI of MARPOL; article X of STCW;

article 12 of Tonnage and article 11 of AFS provide for control procedures to be followed by a

Party to a relevant convention with regard to foreign ships visiting their ports. The authorities

of port States should make effective use of these provisions for the purposes of identifying

deficiencies, if any, in such ships which may render them substandard (see section 3.1), and

ensuring that remedial measures are taken.