Class 1 Master (Merchant Navy) (Candidates Actual Oral Exam)

I.S.M. (MGN 40) Asked what the purpose of the I.S.M. Code What is your responsibilities regarding you as Master of te vessel and the company who owns the vessel? Captain told me, I've just been given command of a new vessel with a new crew, howwould I implement the I.S.M. Code onboard this vessel? What checklists would you carry out for the I.S.M. Code on the vessel? How would you monitor the I.S.M. System on the vessel? Some chains of commands are having difficulties changing over to the I.S.M. Code, would you use the companies S.E.P. Checklist to make sure all items are covered? Passage Plan - Asked the four elements Then asked what each element entailed Then the Captain asked what extra information I would require for making a passage plan from Aberdeen (Scotland) to Egypt How would I find the state of the tide in Egypt (Tidal diamonds on the chart) He then said I was in a container vessel, how would I check the roueting charts and what was the purpose of roueting charts? While on passge, I had encountered bad weather and the vessel was rolling heavily and I'd lost 2 containers which container dangerous goods, I'd also 10 degree list to starboard, what would I do now? You've transfered fuel and ballast over to counteract the list, but you still have an 8 degree list, what will you do now? You asked your company for tugs to help your vessel, but it's going to take 4 days for the tugs to arrive at your vessel, now your situation is getting really bad, you've lost 4 more containers and you've now a 20 degree list (Told the Captain I'd jettison some containers to counteract the list so I could save the vessel) Gas Tankers - are they completely safe? What dangers is there on a gas tanker? Would you employ crewmembers that smoked? In this type of vessel, what would be your standing orders for a safewatch? How often would you check the vessels tanks for leaks? What apparatus would you use to check for gas leaks? How important is it to keep well clear of any vessel and to avoid risk of collision/close quarter sitation in this vessel? What distance would you say a close quarter situation would be? Security on vessels - ISPS - what is this? Who is the security officer on your vessel? What other security officers would there be while your vessel was in port? Security plan - who can see this? Once your vessel has been surveyed for an ISPS, how long does it last for without have a re-survey? I went aboard a vessel in port 4 days ago, I was not stopped once, I went straight into the bridge and spoke to the O.O.W., what should happen to this vessels ISPS? What is a P.M.S.? Entries in the P.M.S. where falsified, an emergency happens on a gas tanker that your master of, what would happen now? A vessel has collided into you amidships, what are you going to do now? Because of the falsified entries into the P.M.S., one of the liferafts was out of date, this did not inflate because the sponson was torn, how serious a condition are you in now? You managed to get your vessel safely into port, but the M.A.I.B. is making an enquiry into your P.M.S. and they have found the false entry in the P.M.S., who is responsible for this now? You've checked your compass for deviation and found that your compass needs adjustment, you got in contact with the compass adjuster, but he is unavailable and would manage to get to your vessel for 5 days, could you correct this error in the magnetic compass?

What is a tenative swing? What is a heeling error? What are all the magnets for inside the magnetic compass? Was asked about all the parts of a magnetic compass including the binnacles flinders bar and kelvins balls Turn short turn in a narrow channel, other vessels where close by at anchor, once I turned the vessel, I'd to anchor my vessel, (Wind and tide was coming down my stern before I did my short turn) Asked what type of anchor I'd on my vessel? What procedures for dropping my anchor? Asked about parts of the anchor How much cable I had, the length of one cable Connector that joined cables together How I prevented water from going down into my chain locker How to prevent debris or mud from going down into the chain locker Loads of lights, underway/makingway, fog signals, daytime signals, arcs of visibility Most of the buoys T.S.S. I was in an oil tanker in a lane, and on my starboard bow was a fishing vessel crossing a lane, I stood on with caution, but the fishing vessel kept coming, so I gave hima warning signal, he still did not stop or alter, so I made a bold alteration to port and took a full turn of of it to get rid of the risk of collision Narrow channels What is deemed as an overtaking vessel? You're overtaking a vessel and now your abeam of him, overtaking or crossing now? When can you be a crossing vessel? What do you class as a close quarter situation? Rule 19 A vessel coming at me in the 4 quarters and and straight behing me Then 2 vessels coming at me at the same time (Starboard bow and Port Bow) Then 2 vessels coming at me at the same time (Starboard bow and Port Quarter) Crossing Situations Was given several situations with this Place into a Power-driven vessel (against other vessels) Placed into a vessel Constrained by her Draught (other vessel was Power-driven on port bow) Placed into a vessel Restricted in her Ability to Manoeuvre Placed into a vessel Constrained by her Draught and another Constrained by her Draught on port bow Coming into port, with a very strong tide coming behind me (6-7 knots) was in deep was before entering port and then the water shallowed very fast, doing 4 knots approaching the harbour, asked how would I make my approach to harbour with a VLCC? I was in the Atlantic and a T.R.S. (Tropical Revolving Storm) was approaching my intended track on my passage plan, no where to shelter the vessel, I was asked what I'd do to get passed this storm?