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25.CO2 fixed system maintenance, all pressure

EXTERNAL: SUBRAMANIAN SIR
MARPOL
1. OWS construction and working?
2. Draw ODME? And explain? From where we
are exactly getting each signal?
3. ODMCS?
4. odme discharge criteria
5. What is global warming potential? Gwp of co2
6. Annex 4, STP discharge criteria and stp
drawings, special area.
testing values?
26.CO2 system with servo cylinder?
27.Portable CO2 (Draw and explain, show
Bursting disc clearly), Maintenance?
28.Co2 head assembly?
29.Bursting disc if breaks where the gas goes ( he
needs to hear about acme thread type head
too)?
30.seq survey of co2
31.checks in co2 room

7. Marpol annex 4 and discharge criteria 32.Fixed foam explains? Foam propotioner
diagram?
8. Annex 4 regulations.
33.Mechanical form extinguisher draw.
9. Bwts system diagram and slandered
34.Automatic foam propotioner to draw
10.Annex 1 full
35.Low expansion form draws and explains.
SOLAS Working of foam proportionate.

11.SEQ survey 36.DCP portable extinguisher maintenance

12.Lifeboat centrifugal brake diagram 37.DCP maintenance

13.ISM internal audit 38.checks on dcp extinguisher

14.Purpose of doing ISM internal audit 39.Weight of CO2 cartridge for 4 kg DCP

15.ISM objectives 40.Sprinkle system with diagram. How automatic

16.cargo hold fire detection system draw and
explain
17.water ingress system in bulk carrier
operation is tested? Working. Why section
valve given, why a normal non return valve
not given instead of section valve. How to try
alarm.

18.Condition of assignment? What is free board? 41.PV valve working? Which all conditions it will
operate?
19.ISPS, how to get the ISSC certificate?
42.PV valve function, how cargo tank gets
20.Ship security plan. pressurised and how pressure drops in the
tank
21.Safety equipment survey preparation.
43.Ig safeties.
22.purpose of internal audits
44.Pump room ventilation diagram.
23.LRIT, EPIB, AIS
NAVAL
LSA & FFA
45.Admiralty constant?
24.Draw portable co2 extinguisher

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46.Hull roughness and how to measure & unit?

47.Simpson’s rule, Simpsons Multiplier

48.Form coefficient

49.Gz curve, Angle of loll, angle of down flooding

50.Margin line and deck line.

51.Righting lever and righting moment

52.Freeboard

53.LOA

54.Reserve buoyancy

55.Freeboard assignment criteria

56.Fresh Water Allowance

57.Types pintle

58.Free surface effect.... how gm reduces

59.hull roughness, hull roughness analyser, its

unit.

60.Docking plan

61.Stability booklet

62.Dry dock stability requirement?

63.What all reqd. for ship stable?

64.Tpc, water density.

65.COA

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20. What s ism and company objectives, how

EXTERNAL: SUDARSHAN SIR company verify sms implanted onboard.
1. Types of ship sailed
21. LNG tank construction type, material,
2. Pump room safeties, specialty of cop seal insulation, fire fighting medium, MOSS type
tank advantages? (gas guys)
3. gases in pp room
22. BWM conv , Certificate nd documents under
4. Oxy acetylene safeties BWM? D2 standards

5. O2 analyser calibration 23. Life boat maintenance? Static and dynamic

test?
6. Cow washing and hazards
24. Load line survey particular to engine room?
7. Dmlc
Documents?
8. standard fire test
25. Solas -5, vdr requirement?
9. Documents required for safety equipment
26. How will you carry out hot work in bunker tk?
survey
27. Risk assessment, full start to end of d job?
10. Foam extinguisher explain and annual
maintenance 28. Hazards associated with that job?

MARPOL 29. What pp seal arrangement?

11. Marpol annex 6, what are all gases in 30. why motor kept in engine room?
emission?
31. pv breaker pv valve setting
12. Annex6 gases?
32. mast riser fire what to do
Sox, nox, ghg gases.
33. how ll u test ig lin high pr alarm
GHGs are defined as the six gases initially considered under the
UNFCCC process: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), 34. double hull relate with the stability
nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons
(PFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6). The inventory should also 35. solas chapt2 igf code
include other relevant substances that may contribute to climate
change, including Black Carbon (BC). 36. mlc certification procedure

13. Marpol annex 4 37. MLC documents, certificates?

14. Seemp part 1 part 2 explains detail? 38. Hong-Kong convention

15. Documents required to get IAPP certificate
16. Marpol annex 5 discharge criteria, grb
contents, codes, new codes, grb part 2
SOLAS
17. Docking requirements required by class
39. Ship recycling act and who is the competent
authority in india to issue the DASR, After
scrapping what will happen to certificate of
registry?
Document for Authorization of Ship Recycling
Facility (DASR)

18. Solas chapter 9 40. What's the process called?

19. Pump room safeties and gas detectors values. 41. How is ship registered in India

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42. Material of container and what is the 65. Stability booklet and its content,
problem with large container ship (parametric
rolling). 66. Parametric rolling.

43. Cabotage law. 67. Collision bulkhead requirements.

44. STCW - What u mean by training , COP and 68. Types of floor, what s solid floor where it is
COC differences, what's t use

45. how will you arrange watch keeping in ER as 69. Panting pounding
a chief engineer( oper: level +Support level) 70. How to calculate slip
46. How many types of level mentioned in STCW. 71. Anchor how its holding t ship
47. IGC and IGF, low flash points?

48. Situational awareness, team work and

leadership quality.

49. Interpersonal conflict (Johari window )

50. III code ,

51. Cyber security.

52. IACS,CSR

53. Solas chap 11 , chap 12

54. Ship Security how will u implement, how to

get certificate

55. Contents of ssp

56. MLC, what it is, what's the difference

between mlc convention and the convention
before that, DMLC explain?

NAVAL
57. Materials used for ship construction

58. How superstructure is attached to hull

59. Anchor how its holding the ship

60. Angle of loll

61. Contents of stability booklet

62. Intact stability criteria, damage stability

63. Gz curve draw and show angle of contra

flexure , down flooding angle, angle of
vanishing stability,

64. Sheer strake explain

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EXTERNAL: SURENDRANATH SIR MARPOL / SOLAS

21. Ballast Management Regulations

NAVAL
22. BWM treatment standards & d1 and d2
1. Intact and damage stability criteria
23. Ballast water treatment system
2. static and dynamic stability and damage equipment working,
stability
24. Contents of ssp
3. Inclining experiment’s wr doing inclining
exp? Conditions for doing exp? Formula? 25. MLC, titles in order with sub titles
From wr v gets KM.? how to find kg
26. Mlc Title 5 content mainly,
4. Dcp system draw and explain, DCP
maintenance? 27. Dmlc part 1 and 2.

5. How bubbles formation in propeller. 28. High expansion foam system, diagram,
for engine room draw explain n cross
6. Why freeboard. questions

7. Static and dynamic stability, significance of 29. In weekly rounds checks in CO2 room
gz curve, where to find it onboard.
30. Static and dynamic test of lifeboat?
8. Bulbous bow sectional diagram Speed of lowering dynamic test and
formula?
9. Bulbous bow construction, purpose?
31. SSO, CSO, duties
10. Rudder checks
32. Dcs, sulphur content upcoming
11. Torsion Box
33. Seemp new regulations
12. Draw and explain Stability curve
34. Co2 calculation and co2 room checks
13. Stability of bulk career (single Vs Double
hull.) (In each case he wants determining 35. Hyper mist draw and explain, p/p
factor. pressure, y two sensor, maintenance, mist
criteria, areas protected
14. How rudder is turning the ship (he said
something is helping rudder) 36. Enclosed space entry procedure and
gases to be checked, limits for twa.
15. Double hull (he asked about kg value)
37. How to draw stability cure and explain
16. How rudder size is determine. dynamic stability how to calculate
(Some empirical formula he told) 38. isps and ssp content full
17. Most important thing to be done when 39. Emg generator solas requirement.
ship enters the dry dock.
40. Solas certificates to be carried onboard
18. Semi balanced rudder?
41. STCW new amendments
19. Free surface effect
42. Stcw 2010 - 4 major changes
20. Rudder carrier bearing?
43. Exi & Exd - what and how to achieve.

44. Risk assessment matrix explains

procedure and as a 2E what action in case

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risk is not coming down even after all 70. Sms manual, company manual, how
control measures. many?

45. List of gmdss equipments onboard and 71. Pump Room safeties
tests carried out on them.
72. Gases present, gas detection system,
46. Fire pumps requirements and how to Limits of gases,
carry out the tests on them.
73. Seq form e contents
47. Life boat maintenances.
74. Role of cso?
48. List out and position of navigational
lights onboard. 75. CO2 calc and formula?

49. Solas chapter 9 76. Ig system draws and explains?

50. Solas 12- water ingress 77. Fun of PV value, PV breaker, deck seal
and mast riser?
51. Marpol annex 4 discharge criteria

52. Sopep

53. Ballast water treatment system

equipment working,

54. Ballast water treatment standards,

55. Ism audit preparation as 2e – document

inspected in engine room,

56. Sprinkler system passenger ship

57. Foam System Diagram

58. Pump room safeties

59. Reason for interlock in blower and light

in pump room

60. EEDI EEOI, DCS.

61. What is ABC in medical

62. What is Hazard?

63. MSDS? Bulk chemical code?

64. BC code and IBC code difference

65. Windlass

66. ESP for bulk and tanker? Why reqd

particular 4 this ship..

67. Polar code why came?

68. Verification and Compliance in SOLAS??

69. SUA

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EXTERNAL:THOMAS KURIAN SIR
Sir wants to hear short and precise answer in the
first sentence itself. If we told 3 answers, he will
take only the first answer. So, first answer is
wrong, the whole answer is wrong.
NAVAL
1. Wake, wake fraction, speed of advance
cross questions?
2. What is theoretical speed, how to
calculate slip?
3. What is righting moment, GZ cross
questions?
4. Gz curve lot of cross
5. Torsion box in containers, why it's not
there in bulk carriers
6. how righting moment create on a ship
7. Cargo holds smoke detection system
8. Hatch cover strengthening member.
9. Freeboard, purpose of freeboard?
10. why different ships have different
Freeboard
11. Angle of loll, Angle of vanishing stability.
12. How bulk carrier’s large hatch opening
doesn't affect strength of ship?
13. What is metacentre (it is imaginary point
about which ship is heeling)
14. Will metacentre change (yes)
15. What is role of freeboard in stability
(range of stability increase)
16. Rudder construction
17. What is wake and speed of advance?
18. square propeller, rake & skew
19. What is GT, NT, GRT difference?
20. What is 1GT?
21. DWT & LWT?
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22. What is pitch?
23. Propeller pitch?
24. Square propeller?
25. Reserve buoyancy?
26. GM curve (Prepared by ship builder)
27. GZ curves
28. Bulk carrier what kind of strengthening?
29. FREE surface effect, will GM reduce if one
bunker tank is partially filled?
30. Simpson rules all assumptions?
31. What is inclining experiment? How it's
done? Why it's done? And what's the
formula for GM? And why we calculate
KG? After calculating KG what's the
significance of knowing KG when the
vessel is empty?
32. What is there in stability booklet?
33. How to calculate water plane area.
34. How do u calculate stability of ship in
heavy rolling condition?
35. Bulbous bow
36. Cross curves of stability
37. Why centre of buoyancy shifts at angle of
heels.
38. He wants to hear reserve buoyancy and
damage stability
39. Why container ships has torsion box and
not bulk carriers (I told him that the hatch
covers are big for a container which
reduces torsional strength where as bulk
carrier has a hopper tank construction. He
was ok with it)
40. Effect of freeboard in stability. lot of
cross
41. if your bunker tank is partially filled..
What is the effect occurs?
42. Admiralty coefficient.
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43. Bulbous bow? Why now some ships have
it and some don’t? What regulation?
44. Why ship owner reduce bulbous bow?
45. Bulk carrier large opening.
Hatch coming. What abt containers?. Don’t
say hatch coming though it is there. he won’t
accept
46. What is load line?
(Told whatever i knew abt load line.. Still
don’t know the keyword for him.)
47. Azipod propeller.
48. Additional strengthening members for
compensating large hatch opening in bulk
carrier
49. Simpsons rule assumption?
MARPOL/SOLAS
1. what are the topics covering in function- 3
Ship safety, environmental protection
and personal care, naval architecture
2. Why inert Gas is required as per solas.
3. Immediate action when IG trip. Hazard
related to ig trip and how it will happen?
4. Personnel hazards in engine room as a 2E
how to prevent them?
5. Co2 bottle maintenance. Weekly, monthly, 3
monthly, 1yearly, 10 yearly?
6. As a second how to make sure no flooding no
fire in ER, prevention methods?
7. As a 2nd engineer what do to do to prevent
engine room fire.
8. As a 2nd engineers what all safety
precautions you will take on engine room?
9. Why IG, PV breaker, how to make sure PV.
Breaker is working correctly, how to know
pressure setting is correct?
10. Fight between crew what to do?
11. Scavenge fire how to prevent it?
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12. DCP system, deck fire fighting system for
LNG.
13. ODP and GWP, reference gas for both
14. How do we test co2 cylinder? Bottle
inspection, siphon tube?
(Step by step procedure form dismantling)
15. What is green house gas effect, green house
gases, how u can reduce in ship.
16. He wants to hear that it is given to prevent
explosion in tanks
17. Why inert has is not provided for ships below
8000t
18. It is something to do with static current .not
sure.
19. hazards of h2s
20. as a 2nd engineer how you assure safety of
personal
21. oil record book part 1 and 2
22. PV breaker calibration
23. Bulk carrier cargo hold fire detection and fire
fighting system.
24. Ultimate purpose of IG system in tankers?
25. How Nox affects atmosphere? As a 2e how
you reduce Nox emissions?
26. As a second engineer how will you treat a
young sea farer
27. EEOI what is normal value. How will you
reduce
28. EEOI? How to improve EEOI
29. Explosive meter reading at what unit
30. Enclose space entry what gases present he
wants in volume, ppm not accepting and lots
of cross.
31. Why NOx is a pollutant?
Ans: NOx combines with low level ozone’s
and form smog which is harmful as it can
cause damages to lungs and even cancer.
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32. How will you as a 2E ensure that NOx
regulations are complied?
33. how u maintain nox technical file as 2 nd
engnr , nox verification methods?
34. What's in NOx technical file?
Part 1 Certification: EIAPP issued by
manufacturer
Part2 Compliance: Components, range of
adjustments
Part 3 Verification
35. What was your onboard verification
method?
Ans: Engine Parameter check
36. How CO2 bottle is pressure tested?
Ans he wants- The bottle is pressure tested
hydraulically after immersing in the water,
the displaced water is to be collected to
measure the volume change
37. He also wants to know how visual checks are
done inside the bottle, which I couldn't
answer
38. Ig flow of air inside combustion chamber
39. Parameters of IG
40. Purpose of ig gas
41. PV breaker calibration? What to do other
than level check?
42. Ig fails what actions?
43. Ig trips? What will be your 1st action?
(Connect shore ig if available)
44. Pressure temperature o2 content and due
point (gas carrier)
45. Air pollution he screwed me like anything
46. Odp(why cfc?) and gwp?
47. How potential is calculated
48. Eedi as second engineer how will you act to
reduce
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49. EEXI what is it
50. Documents in BWM.(I told plan record book
and certificate) I said maintained by chief
mate he said we must be knowing
51. Eedi EEOI hot topics
52. Chief engineers standing order 10 points
(deciding question paul sir)
53. Co2 emission will increase if proper
combustion takes place so it is not an answer
for GWG emission
54. Practical way to blow through co2 line
55. How H2S presence leads to explosion
56. Pyro phoric reaction
57. How will you ensure safety of personnel in
engine room as 2E
58. What precautions to take before blowing
through CO2 lines for engine room.
59. Conditions for operation of OWS
60. How do you maintain bilges in engine room
61. Define freeboard and purpose.
62. Container ship for large opening..For
strengthening what kind of arrangement.
How torsion box nullify torsional vibration?
63. Enclosed space entry. Gas parameters. What
kind of instruments used?
64. Freefall lifeboat routines?
65. Pv breaker calibration?
66. Harmful effects of Nox?
67. Pump room safeties
68. EIAPP certificate contents, why? Who issues
69. As a second engineer how do you motivate
your crew?
70. Additional strengthening members for
compensating large hatch opening in bulk
carrier
71. As a 2nd Eng what will do it you found a
small fire in boiler burner?
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72. What all things and extinguishers near boiler 98. Co2 alarm Test or check?

73. Who sign the ORB I replied. After master informed, crew
informed, enter co2 room with all
74. Orb requirement? precautions (ventilation) then open co2
As per Marpol annex 1 we must carry ORB cabinet door.
on board 99. Emergency generator requirements.
75. Why do you maintain ORB onboard? 100. Intrinsic safety (definition).
To ensure that ship doesn’t do pollution by 101. Water level alarm ingress system.
oil. Need to say by oil. Else he won’t accept.
102. What is personal hygiene?
76. Dangerous possibilities of carrying Coal
Cargo? 103. Coal hazards- how to check temp for
spontaneous heating, what happens if O2
77. STP drawing & explain? depletion happens
78. What is EIAPP? 104. What upside down triangles indicate on
79. Young seafarers? a bulk carrier side?

80. Static electricity? 105. What is your idea of metacentre?

81. Co2 flooding procedure? 106. For large angles of heal how do you
establish stability?
82. As a 2nd Eng what will do it you found a
small fire in boiler burner 107. Drills for freefall lifeboat?

83. Dangerous possibilities of carrying Coal

Cargo?

84. What all surveys carried onboard?

85. What is the regulation for surveys and audit?

86. Surveys & audit comes under what??

87. Co2 bottle pressure test full

88. Lifeboat davit load tests. Static dynamic

89. MLC regarding financial stability

90. young seafarer

91. DPA

92. Ism coming under which chapter?

93. Non conformity (proper definition)

94. Adv. Co2 over IG & N2

95. co2 room inspection?

96. enclosed space entry

97. Problem with iron ore cargo?

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EXTERNAL: RAJAPPAN SIR 20. What is risk assessment?

21. What is informal RA and how to conduct?

NAVAL
22. While hoisting life boat if electrical supply
1. Load line, Plimsoll line, deck line, triangle lost what happened? How many brakes,
shape near load line? functions?
2. Shell expansion plan? 23. Emer.fire pumps reg?
3. Frame number? 24. Reg. for jet (fire hose) produced? Nozzle
4. Collision bulk head regulation, draw? size?

5. Criteria for pipes passing through collision 25. Why fire pp is kept in sg room?
BH? 26. IOPP Cert. content?
6. Angle of vanishing stability? 27. If bilge tankers are full, what to do other
7. Dry dock requirement? than using ows.

8. Why aft trim, why stern trying to touch 28. What all entries to be made when bilge
first? Use of DD block? If no block what water transfer to ROT (CODE)?
happened to keel plate? 29. Life boat launching procedure? On load –
9. What is the need for separate calculation off load release mechanism?
including and excluding casing? 30. IHM?
10. Block coefficients? 31. What is D1, D2, D3, D4 standards?
11. Fresh water allowance? 32. Type A and type B ships?
MARPOL/SOLAS 33. Noise code?
12. Explosive meter and tank scope? 34. Method of testing fire, smoke nd heat
detector?
13. Stcw chapters, level, function?
35. Ballast pipe in FWD TK Reg?
14. Co2 system why relief valve pressure 185
bar,co2 calculation, mixing ratio and how 36. Bunker orb entry code?
to find it, gas volume of CO2 bottle
37. GRB record book 2, content and entries?
15. SSAS activation procedure?
38. Mooring winch brake test?
16. Marpol annex 1, regulation for tankers?
39. Bilge keel welding method?
17. Criteria for ows in sp area nd outside sp
area? 40. Entries to engine in ums ships procedure
as per SMS manual?
18. HOW to conduct daily work plan meeting?
Who all are present? 41. Life boat tests?

19. Where is tool box meeting conduced if job

is planned for 2 o’c in the afternoon?

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42. Ballast water system, dis adv.of uv

method? Why u need filter if u have
treatment system?

43. New reg.in BWM, year enter?

44. What basis certificate d2 standard is made

compulsory?

45. Ballast water reg.? bwm us water & Indian

water?

46. Permits on board?

47. Dangerous Gases in tanks, checks?

48. Welding on board? What all condition we

can’t hot work?

49. Dead man’s alarm

50. How to obtain hot work permit?

51. Work afloat permit, procedure?

52. What is squat?

53. Gc code, explain?

54. Mast riser firefighting and deck

firefighting?

55. How bearing lubrication in cargo pump?

56. Shaft seal arrangement for cargo pump?

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EXTERNAL: SREEKUMAR SIR 21. Documents related to Annex 3

22. How to identify the cargo from IMDG

1. Continuous Synopsis Record.
code.
2. FONAR, contents, conditions?
23. Explain the Classes under IMDG code.
3. GT & NT (lot of cross questions)
24. VOS ballast water management system
4. Detailed procedure of retrieval of the LB (it is ig giving in ballast tank)
from water.
25. Turkish regulation for Annex 6
5. Cross section of Watertight Bulkhead
26. EU ports arrival to anchorage and when
with detailed description.
you will plan to change over. (wants
6. Stability Cross Curves. to hear exact time to change over)

7. BWTS system of your vsl. 27. what is quarter deck

8. Preparation as 2ae for ISM Audit? 28. primary bilge tank diagram

9. ISM preparation other than 29. IACS, role of iacs in shipping

documentation?
30. Difference b/w iacs and iacs member?
10. Data Collection System.
31. Stern Frame Diagram
11. Contents of the Nox technical file.
32. which ship u sailed
12. Explain G, M, GM and GZ.
33. pp room safety
13. Further explain KN and GZ curves
34. gases in pp room
14. Sketch and describe the forward section
35. why motor kept in engine room
of the ship from collusion bulkhead.
36. what pp seal arrangement
15. Explain FONAR. (I didn’t not understand,
later found out it is short for Fuel oil 37. pv breaker pv valve setting
non-availability report, IMO sulphur
cap 2020. Marpol VI reg18.2) 38. mast riser fire what to do

16. Make entry for the missed entry for 39. how ll u test ig line high pr alarm
bunker in ORB. (I explained the code 40. double hull relates with the stability
to be I used but, ext wanted full
format entry). 41. solas chapt2

17. Explain the hull coating. 42. igc code

18. special areas under annex 4 Marpol. 43. mlc certification procedure

19. Explain the certificates under MLC. When 44. annex6 gases
did it come into force? When did
45. documents certificates
INDIA ratify the MLC?
46. seemp part 1 part 2 explain detail
20. Explain all Marpol annexes for container

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47. Different types of BWTS? draw and
explain any one? type of filter used in
filtrations method?
48. Bitter end arrangement, draw, explain
49. NO. of co2 bottle required for engine
room 8000 m3 excluding casing? (he
don’t want formula, he want to know
no. of bottle required, spot
calculation w/o calculator.
50. Hull coating and explain different type of
hull paints? latest regulation
regarding hull painting (cybutyne
category paint will be banned) also he
asked polymer type paints.
51. lock out and tag out method procedure
for MSW PUMP overhauling? (he
want to listen tht valves should be
closed, locked and keep the key safe)
52. static and dynamic stability? Unit?
53. unit of both, formula for dynamic
stability and how to find
54. load line survey preparation as 2E, only
based on engine room
55. Exp: Mar: annexes for container ship?
56. Shell expansion plan?
57. Lock nd tag out?
58. Pillars of Imo ?
59. IBTS-Integrated bilge water treatment
system?
60. Green passport?
61. Hull related frames?
62. IG deck pressure?
63. IG safeties and alarms on deck?
64. Dynamic break test of mooring winch?
65. MLC-2006, new amendments?
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66. SAFCON survey?
67. Grb-1 and 2?
68. Grb and orb validity? Grb -2yr orb-3yr
69. What are the Emissions from ship and its
consequences?
70. EU port change over procedure? Exact
position of changeover.?
71. Tail shaft survey and explain partial
survey in details? how often? things
checked?
72. What is IHM and green passport, IHM
survey and certificate, validity?
73. Dcp firefighting system?
74. Orb missed entry?
75. Eedi, eeoi and seemp explain?
76. how Sox and NOx measured on board?
77. Fwd. collision bulk head drawing?
78. ESP explains? Documents carried
onboard?
79. Bunker line pressure test procedure? orb
entry Bunker line pressure test?
80. Torsion box, y not in bulk?
81. Life boat winch test? Static and dynamic?
Annual and 5yr?
82. Fuel oil tk vent head diagram?
83. Ballast tk vent head diagram?
84. Draw damage stability for 400
85. Odme working principle?
86. Types of propellers? New development?
87. How do u know propeller is right or left-
hand (twin screw engines) from
inside engine room?
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EXTERNAL: RAJIV N NAIR SIR
1. Cross section of last ship.
2. Conditions for bilge keel.
3. Bulbous bow constitution features
4. Tumble home
5. Camber. Is it available for all ships?
6. Sheer strake. why 20% thicker?
7. Draw tanker mid ship section drawing,
name the sections and explain?
8. Show bilge keel in the diagram and
strakes in the diagram?
9. Use of bilge keel?
10. Why tankers have lesser freeboard
11. Sheer strake, draw and why so-called
sheer strake.
12. Bulwark and gunwale, draw?
13. Margin line and its use?
14. Bulbous bow and its uses. Cross
questions?
15. Wake?
16. What is angle of LOLL, cross questions?
17. Ows discharge criteria, how filtration is
done?
18. Annex 6 compliance
19. Bdn contents.
20. CO2 room requirements?
21. Co2 system, explain?
22. Advantages of C02
23. Adv. Co2 over form system.
24. Adv. And dis adv. Of form.
25. Maintenance of form(frequency)
26. Preparation for dry dock
27. Dry docking requirement?
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28. Contents of docking plan
29. Why tankers having less freeboard. What
is the use of freeboard? Cross questions?
30. What is the unstable equilibrium?
31. Preparation for boiler survey.
32. Ships sailed and propulsion methods:
Passenger and tanker, said Main engine
propulsion
33. Fire fighting system in your ship: Mine
was FM 200 and the surveyor don’t know
about that system which I explained
properly. What is the chemical inside it?
How is it useful in correspond to CO2?
How is it being refilled?
34. CO2 advantages in fire fighting?
35. Sprinkler system in accommodation
spaces. Cross questions?
36. Different type of fire detectors?
37. Where is the heat detector and why is it
there? Cross questions?
38. Preparation for dry-dock as 2E?
39. How you remove propeller and what are
the preparations before that?
40. MARPOL Annex 6 amendment’s, what
are the gases under this annex. What are
ozone depleting substances? What are the
documents for Sox and Nox. How you say
that your ship is compliant with Annex 6
after ship building. What are things you
will do after the IOPP certificate? Who is
giving you the IOPP certificate and how
you get the certificate? How you prove
that you are compliant with IOPP
certificate. What are the volatile organic
compounds? Which ships having this
VOC.? How do you comply with this?
41. Refrigerants names used on VECS (annex
6)?
42. Inert gas system safeties
43. Emr generator regulation
44. Torsion box.
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45. Width of bilge keel? how fitted?

Ans: 250mm-450mm

46. off load and on load release mechanism

47. what is IHM

48. Purpose of lighting holes in floors?

49. Distress signals

50. If there is no reception facility for VOC

what will u do?

51. Dynamic stability?

52. Types of rudders? why semi balanced

rudder commonly using?

53. Life boat rudder type?

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EXTERNAL: V.V JOHNNY SIR 35. Co2 fixed firefighting system?

36. Sprinkler system?
1. Anchor Chain Arrangement 37. Life boat static and dynamic test?
2. Steering Gear Checks before Departure 38. Rescue boat?
and Arrival 39. Condition of class?
3. Explain about Loadicator, all entries? 40. Survey and audit?
output? 41. different types of survey?
4. IG Safeties 42. Load line convention, explain load line
5. ODMCS and some questions related to it. markings?
6. Load line and stability relation 43. GM varies how?
7. Anchor chain arrangement 44. Eca regions and limit of Sox and NOx in
8. Draw and explain sounding pipe and vent annex 6?
head in a tank and how the vent head size 45. Eca Fuel change over procedure? FOBAS
is calculated. (125% filling pipe dia) inputs? which m/s will change over first?
9. Safeties in ballast tank 46. Difference b/w ig and igg
10. Enclose space entry procedure 47. IG regulation, safeties
11. Hyper mist 48. Ig capacity control valve? Location?
12. Cross section of bulk 49. Ows working on your ship, psc checks on
13. OWS operation requirements ows?
14. Steering gear testing requirements as per 50. Ows discharge criteria?
SOLAS. 51. In ig system, gas detection system?
15. Type of ship 52. What are the gases checked?
16. Solas 12
17. Fire line draw.
18. Dcp system explained
19. How load line is related to stability of
ship / can we load above the LL?
20. Why different load line required?
21. Multiple load line
22. Steering gear checks
23. Enclose space entry complete procedure
24. Intrinsic safe equipment and explosion
proof equipments
25. IM0-2020 explained
26. How will you ensure that fuel oil is
correct as per spec
27. Ows operation
28. Angle of lol. What is exactly it.
29. How we knows ship is stable after
loading cargo
30. ows regulations. Orb entry.
31. ig regulations
32. Report after a ae maintenance.
33. Sounding pipe and air pipe draw?
34. Rake and skew?

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INTERNAL: V.V PAUL SIR OTHER INTERNALS: DGS

1. Various surveys u have witnessed? PAUL SIR, PRAVEEN SIR, UBAID SIR, P. GOPI
2. Dry dock interval? NANDAN SIR, SIRISH SIR, SRINIVASA PRASAD SIR,
3. IACS? CHAKKI SIR
4. Types of load line on tankers?
5. Wr to find life saving capacity? NAVAL ARCH
6. SEQ survey, certificates and additional 1. Tender ship and stiff ship?
doc.req? 2. What is TPC, formula, effect of tpc, effect on
7. Form E in ship? box shape barge?
8. Standing order CE? 3. does tpc change in FW and SW
9. Shell expansion plan? 4. Breast hook?
10. Fixed fire fighting system for pp room? 5. Bitter end?
11. Enclosed space entry, gas limits? 6. Anchor attached how to ship?
12. Hull breach and what action taken to 7. Gunwale?
report to company? 8. Damage stability criteria?
13. Documents in BWM? 9. NRT, GRT, DWT, light weight?
14. EEOI, EEDI & EEXI? 10. GRT, NRT and how calculated (wants to hear
15. FLAG state? that it's the volume of water displaced, 1m3=
16. IMO? 1ton)
17. SOLAS 12? (BULK GUYS-all chapter in 11. Displacement?
depth) 12. Types of floors
18. Bulk carrier safeties? 13. Solid floor
19. De watering system?
14. Breast hook
20. UNCLOS? 15. What is neutral axis, its significance?
21. IMSBC? 16. Panting pounding
22. BLU code? 17. Purpose of hopper tanks why top tanks
23. IMDG code? ballasted
24. Difference b/w IBC and BC code? 18. what is statically stability, what do you get
25. Survey nd audit coming under? from static stability curve? what is angle of
26. Difference between audit and survey? immersion and explain?
27. ODME, working principle? 19. Dynamic stability
28. Ows calibration? 20. Damage stability criteria for bulk carrier
29. Solas chapter 5? 21. Gz curve and it's deductions
30. What is GZ? proper definition. 22. What is A60 bulkhead & B-15 Bulkhead.?
31. What is A60? 23. All types of form coefficients? And cross
32. What type A&B ship? question?
33. What is form A & B in IOPP? 24. If in dry-dock you see a dent in your ship
how will you report?
25. Shell expansion plan contents
26. Permeability, e/r permeability
27. What us parametric rolling
28. What are KN curves?
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30. Explain effect of Free Surface and how to
reduce it in Tanker ship?
31. What is Shear Strake, Margin Plate and Bilge
Keel?
32. Shear strake made of which grade of steel?
33. Forepeak construction in detail's with all the
arrangements wrt length? Arrangements
against panting stress?
34. What is wake? What is wake speed?
35. Rake and skew of propeller explain with
diagram.
36. What is inclining experiment? What do you
get from it? How it's done? Why it's done?
And what's the formula for GM? And why we
calculate KG? What's the significance of
knowing KG when the vessel is empty?
37. Length between perpendiculars?
38. Duct keel?
39. What is annealing and normalizing
40. At what distance is it located?
41. What is Margin Plate?
42. What is Static & Dynamic stability?
43. What is GZ Curve?
44. What is the angle of contraflacture?
45. Different stresses act on ship while it is
moving
46. Hogging sagging panting so many cross
question asking about strengthening member
of the ship to avoid it.
47. Resistances acting on the ship
48. What is bilge keel?
49. What is neutral axis, its significance?
50. Panting arrangement?
51. Diff stresses ship is subjected to while sailing
52. What is key less propeller?
53. What is camber, tumble home?
54. What is transverse framing?
55. What is righting lever?
56. Why angel of contraflacture doesn't increase
after that point
57. Aol explained in details
58. Types of Steel used onboard ship
59. stokes law
60. Different Grades of steel and their
applications?
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61. Double bottom in engine room placement of
sounding pipe and vent?
62. Corrugated bulkhead why? Why is resistance
more against bending for corrugated
bulkhead?
63. Numbering in shell plating.
64. Shear, flare and camber definition
65. How much was expansion ratio on your
ship?
66. Apparent and true slip?
67. Torsion box in detail
68. Db tank construction
69. Panting arrangement?
70. Definition of bulk carrier, Constructional
difference from other ships
71. Type of cargo present in bulk carrier type A
,B,C I don't know what it is
72. How is the cargo being prevent from shifting
in bulk carrier and tankers
73. What are all the resistances on your ship?
74. Damage stability criteria for tankers.
75. Bulbous Bow and on which ships they r
provided and y ?
76. TPC and cross questions?
77. What is Metacentric Diagram?
78. Longitudinal and transverse bulkhead
difference which one having more strength
purpose
79. Use of longitudinal bulkheads in tankers
80. Diff stresses ship is subjected to while sailing
81. Garboard strake, sheer strake, camber and
Racking definitions.
82. Water tight bulkhead where present, what
are the main 4 uses. Construction if it.
83. What do u mean by Panting and Pounding
and measures to counter them
FFS / LSA
1. 10 yearly maintenance of CO2 bottles
2. What equipments in life raft
3. Fire in purifier room
4. How CO2 bottles are pressure tested? (Asking
step by step procedure and details of internal
inspection of the bottle)
5. 10 yearly co2 checks
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6. how you test hyper mist system, types of
detectors, pressure of hyper mist pump
7. Drills on board and frequency of drill
8. Frequency of sart, where it shows
9. Regulations for sart
10. What is pfso , duties of pfso
11. Launching mechanism of lifeboat, life raft,
rescue boat, onloads - offload realese.
12. Specification of life boat, life raft, rescue
boat, fuel quantity and speed.
13. Fire fighting systems on board. Types of
Extinguishers used on board and location?
14. Foam fire fighting system describes
maintenance of it?
15. Which type of foam is used on ER and Deck
16. What is HRU and is working?
17. Fire fighting means for cargo hold on bulk
carriers. Smoke extraction and sample
method for cargo hold fire?
18. Life boat on-load off-load release
mechanism
19. Lifeboat not getting lowered, what will you
do?
20. Lifeboat engine regulations
21. Passenger Ship sprinkler system requirement
(WTF)
22. Name Fire fighting equipments around
boiler?
23. Fire control plan and location. Why is it kept
in that location
24. Fittings on fire line on deck
25. Flammability diagram? What do you know
from it
26. Fire in Egb. Hydrogen fire and metal fire
27. Bilge fire action? (Why not use water spray
extinguisher and lots and lots of cross
questions)
28. Difference between low and high expansion
foam...and how to know which type is in your
vessel?
29. Working of foam applicator?
30. Why scum box not located in m/c space?
31. Location of mist box? Cross questions
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32. Funnel fire extinction method? (I told how
fire occures but he said okay okay but how to
extinguish it).
33. Boiler fire ... action? Cross questions
34. Nozzles in funnel what is the purpose?
steam to clean soot
35. Life jacket regulations?
36. What is TPA? What is immersion suit?
Regulation regarding both!
37. What is fire wallet?
38. Action in case of funnel fire? (don't say egb
fire...)
39. Precautions after releasing co2?
40. SCBA pressure and testing? Cross questions
41. Demand valve purpose and working?
42. Dimensions of shore coupling?
43. Deck foam fire fighting
44. SCBA pressure and testing? Cross questions
45. Demand valve purpose and working?
46. Pressure before and after demand valve?
47. Lifeboat test launching method? (Since it is a
test launch... don't say tracing pendants have
to be removed)
48. HRU working and how to test it?
49. Explain Oxy-Acetylene System onboard?
What are the safeties?
50. Marpol annex 2 slop tanks criteria? Quantity
of slops slops discharge criteria.
51. Explain Co2 FFF system, which sections have
different pressures and how much? What is
the material of pipes? Where are copper
pipes used in CO2 system? Pilot bottle to
activating system piping and material?
52. Co2 released what action u will do
53. Bulk carrier how to check the co 2 line is
clear for fire extinguishing on hold?
54. Engine room fire fighting CO2 bottle quantity
requirement found in which certificate?
55. How do makers ensure 85% co2 released in
two minutes?
56. Portable fire extinguishers latest
amendment
57. Latest FSS code amendments?
58. Hyper mist system latest amendment
59. EGB fire
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60. Classes for Fire 20. How will you as a 2E ensure that NOx
61. Electrical fire, how to fight? regulations are complied?
62. Scavenge fire, how to know? How will you 21. What's in NOx technical file?
fight? 22. (Cross questions regarding EIAPP, IAPP )
63. Cargo hold fire fighting system. 23. Methods for onboard verification of NOx and
64. How the alarm is coming and where it is what was your onboard verification method
indicated? for NOx?
65. How will you fight the fire? 24. MARPOL Annex VI tell few regulations. Your
66. Min speed of life boat and for how much ship is going to port A to port B, If don’t have
time complaint fuel, what to do?
67. Foam Proportionator working, foam 25. Name all certificates and docs under
concentrates which solution? How much MARPOL ANNEX 6?
percentage water and how much 26. Annex 6, nox regulations and exemptions,
concentrate? Name of the concentrate? EU-MRV details, Sox regulations, DCS details
68. Flammability range in tankers and (cross questions)
flammable diagram just in brief? 27. Annex 6 certificates and documents
69. Features of Free fall lifeboat. What is the 28. New amendments in Annex 5 Marpol.
arrangement for lowering if inside hydraulic 29. Seemp (part a and part b)
cam do not work? 30. How did you ensure seemp was followed on
MARPOL your ship ? What was your contribution?
1. Types of ships 31. NoX Tier 3, certificates issued under Marpol
2. What is eedi, eeoi, how to improve eedi as Annex 6 and Pollutants under Annex 6.
2nd engineer. 32. What is HME and non-HME in garbage
3. Nox technical file categories.
4. Name 3 conventions concerning oil pollution 33. difference between IMO DCS and EU MRV
coverage 34. Data collected in IMO DCS
5. How many chapters in Annex VI - Chapter 4 35. . Marpol annex 2 categories, types of
full details chemical tankers. Constructional Differences
6. Marpol all annexes between type 1 and type 2 chemical tankers
7. How many Chapters of annex 6 36. Marpol annex 2 slop tanks criteria? quantity
8. Marpol Annex l. Explain? of slops ,slops discharge criteria
9. OMDE working? 37. Bilge discharge criteria?
10. Checks during OWS running operation? 38. How to start OWS?
11. How many drains on OWS and exact 39. Latest amendment related to BDN? How
locations? many samples retain onboard. Why? For how
12. Latest amendments to chapter V of Marpol? much period?
13. Debunkring operation is recorded where? 40. Name all the annexes into the marpol
Code and item number? convention and new amendments in garbage
14. Latest amendment related to MARPOL? (all) regulation
15. Grb 41. Flash point of Fuel use in Propulsion
16. All new amendments in it machinery
17. IAPP survey 42. BDN content in detail and declaration on
18. Oil discharge criteria BDN?
19. Why is NOx a pollutant? 43. BDN comes under which convention?
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45. Bunker safety?
46. Tell all contents of BDN?
47. Sulphur content in ECA and all other areas?
48. Most important things to prepare in view of
Marpol annex before PSC comes onboard for
insp.?
SOLAS
1. Define critical equipment.
2. Name all critical equipments.
3. Critical equipment on your ship.
4. What all things you check for critical
equipments on ship.
5. Alarm and trips in IG system
6. Location of temp detector in IG system
7. Vent testing?
8. Latest regulations for tank venting system.
How gas freeing done?
9. Overboard valve testing?
10. What is collision bulkhead and it’s solas
regulations?
11. Angle of repose as per IBC code
12. Latest amendment in IBC code
13. Load line survey?
14. Cargo liquefaction?
15. What is csr? What all details inside csr?
16. Isps? Which chapter all solas? Full details
17. What contiguous situation what are
contiguous situation as per ism?
18. Emergency battery room requirements as
per SOLAS?
19. Emergency generation as per solas
requirements
20. D2 standard in bwm
21. Fuel calculation for ship, what will you does
if fuel is not sufficient for reaching port.
22. What is solas chapter 3
23. Risk management. Define risk assessment?
24. How you make sure it is effectively
implemented?
25. Red zone, yellow zone, green zone how to
define?
26. Describe solas chapter 12 in detail?
27. CBA –collective ----
28. Load line survey how to prepare
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29. Tail shaft survey , how will, you inspect tail
shaft
30. Tail shaft survey requirements - If you have
condition monitoring - what intervals then?
31. seq survey as second
32. Steering gear regulation
33. ism element 10 ,how will you do as second?
34. Solas which chapter is 11-2, 9, what comes
under this in details.
35. Nc and mnc closing procedure
36. How to remove NC and what all to do?
37. have cross questions
38. Emergency Fire pump regulations
39. PSC onboard- emergency fire pump not
taking suction, what will you do?
40. How to prepare for iopp renewal survey
41. Bwm convention basics
42. Flooding ER actions
43. Weekly entries in ORB, where to see which
tanks inventory you need to fill.
44. AFS convention applicable to what ships
45. Standard discharge connection. Difference
between std. Disc. Flange and other flange.
46. Chapter9 solas
47. Purpose of PSC inspection
48. Ship entering port and expecting a Security
Threat. What security levels to be maintained
and how will you go for it on your ship?
49. What all things you check for critical
equipments on ship
50. What all you will check in dry dock in stern
tube and cross question?
51. Hssc? What all certificate in hssc?
52. Is isps and ism in hssc? And why?
53. Ism documents and validity?
54. Company review in detail?
55. Isps security level difference?
56. BWM what type of plant on vessel. What is
TRO? Values while Ballasting and
deballasting.?
57. How treatment during de ballast . ?
58. What are the names of chemicals?
59. BWM convention applied to which ship?
60. Latest MEPC resolution when and what?
61. Bunker fuel under which ISO?
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62. What is FAME? 79. Cargo tank is loaded and on the top there is
an IG.oxygen goes up to 8% or more, how will
(The latest revision of ISO 8217 is set to contain a new
you reduce oxygen content. From where will
set of distillate fuels containing Fatty Acid Methyl
you vent if putting more ig? Wanted to hear
Ester (FAME))
about purge line?
63. Under stcw what are soft skills and too much 80. What is UNCLOS.
cross questions and grilling. 81. Different types of waters as per UNCLOS.
82. How many territorial waters?
Five soft skills. 83. How many conventions for prevention of
pollution from ships.
1. Communication
2. Leadership 84. Safe entry permit, how will you prepare for
3. Team management safe entry permit?
4. Critical Thinking
85. What are the Functional requirements of Ism
5. Emotional Intelligence
code? (6 functional requirements).
64. Under stcw what are requirements for 86. On what elements spec inspector will carry
certification for junior engineers. out inspection of vessel.
87. What kind of ship worked on?
STCW Code Section A-III/1 Chapter III (STCW 2010
88. Tell all codes in ur ship?
Resolution 2)\
89. ISM code functions?
Mandatory minimum requirements for certification of 90. Which chapter of Solas does it come under?
officers in charge of an engineering watch in a manned
91. Solas Chap XI-2
engine-room or designated duty engineers in a periodically
unmanned engine-room
92. What is Chapter 12 of SOLAS? What all
additional safeties in it?
65. What ism audit what is corrective and 93. Bunker oil standard
preventive action for a NC 94. What is diff between code and convention
66. What is a code 17 or code 30? tell me in 4 codes and 4 convention
67. What is amendment of stcw conventions and 95. Diff between ibc and bc code
in details about soft skills? 96. Tell in detail about ism ,and ism has how
68. What is the notation for an IWS of ship? many elements
69. What is CIC? 97. What is interim certificate when it is issued
70. What is DCS as per IMO? tell me the name of all interim certificate
71. Air pollution regulations? 98. SSP in detail, contents of SSP.
72. difference PSC inspection and flags state 99. What data recorded under SSP?
inspection 100. What will you find in the vent of a fuel tank
73. Ur Company’s SMS system in detail? and a water tank?
74. Requirements of critical equipments in Ur 101. As 2e what all check u do before starting IG
SMS? system
75. Enclosed space entry. Checks? 102. Alarm nd trips in IG system
76. Hydrostatic curves application 103. Location of temp detector in IG system
77. How ship is divided In this curves and about 104. Code and convention
what axis. 105. Full form of SSA, SSP,CSO, SSP, SSO, SSAS,
78. If ship is loaded in stbd and listed about DOS, ISSC
3degre stbd there is fuel tank in stbd which 106. Explain SSAS in detail.
half full in double bottom how you will make 107. TLV
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108. Anchor chain how to weight and how the

link is connected and how to measures length
of the chain?
109. Types of Antifouling paints thickness how
to measure? Types of painting in dry-dock?
Are the biocides paints are applied on top
plates? Isps code came into force in which
year and equipments carried under isps code?
MLC
1. Mlc in details
2. Mlc define all chapter
3. Financial security in MLC
4. Wages how to decide?
5. What is CBA?
6. Who all are the parties?
7. IMS , MLC cross questions
8. Describe Mlc 2006
9. How wages are decided?
10. Under mlc 2006 which ships are excluded
11. detainable deficiency in MLC
12. If someone works more than 14 hours wat to
do?
13. Explain Hours of work/rest
14. If one cannot comply?
Answer is Compensatory rest.
15. Due to frequent port of calls, your officers
cannot comply?
Answer is Request Company for additional
Manpower

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