Master Orals Date: Fri / 05.06.

2015

ANIL KUMAR SHARMA Time: 0915-1020

Examiner: Capt. Alec Keep Result - PASSED

Centre: Liverpool

Asked to show your passport, Discharge book and chief mate COC.

Informed that this orals is of Master Unlimited and and will follow MGN 69.

1. What all statutory certificates are normally carried on board and who issues them?
Stated all certificates as required for all types of ships including attachments and authority
issuing them
2. Communication Equipment required as per the Areas /What are the surveys required for
SRT/ Contents of form – R / Items under means of availability of radio facilities in form-R.(
interested in duplication of equipment )
3. Attachment for SEQ certificate /Contents of Form –E / What is record of inspections and
issued by . ( stated as mentioned in the form )
4. Carriage requirement for ECDIS/Procedure for going paperless/Means of position fixing in
ecdis.( only GPS is approved)He said is it enough? (Interested in alternate visual position
fixing and cross checking with Ecdis display.( mentioned about using DPPC on ecdis at
intervals to continue evaluate the proper functioning of Ecdis. Besides using radar overlay
and offset EBL.
5. Asked as I mentioned about two independent source of power for ecdis what are they /
Main power and through emergency gen
6. What all equipment have feed from Emergency gen? where it is located / criteria
7. If your emergency generator is on fire how would you cut off its fuel.
(through a manual of pneumatic shut off valve located outside the emergency gen
8. What fuel you normally use in emergency generator? ( MGO of right specification)
9. As a master what are your concern while bunkering / how you will ascertain fuel is of right
spec( through BDN and lab test reports)
10. Current emission regulations in ECA and Non ECA areas.
11. Your vessel is in irish sea which is a special area and now proceeding to liverpool , what
will be your concerns with regard to fuel.( I said would burn 0.1% sulphur content fuel) He
said under what regulations / Under local regulation.) ( UK in EU member countries and as
per latest EU directive to burn 0.1% in all EU ports from 01st jan 2015.
12. While sailing during routine inspection you found your lifeboat outer shell damaged ? As a
master your actions. ( MCA dispensation , and arrange repairs at next port )
13. With a legal aspect your obligation as a master when approaching port in brazil
( Tender Notice readiness properly as mentioned in charter party instruction)
How do you tender it ?
14. What is a laycan period ? what if you miss laycan due to any deviation for distress?
( To proceed to distress if I am in position and asked to do so is a legal obligation )
15. What are hazards of bulk cargo / explain high density cargo / how the restrictions on
loading certain cargo are marked on the vessel.( triangle mark on ship sides )
16. What inspection required for a 15 yr old bulk carrier ? ( expanded inspection)
17. What all document you would need before loading. ( shipper declaration and lab reports for
MC , certificate of MC from shippers )
18. Contents of shipper declaration.
19. Loading iron ore in Brazil during rains, what are your concerns? ( moisture content )
20. How will you ascertain that moisture content is in limits?
(Do a Can-test and if doubts then send sample again for lab test report inform P&I
correspondent)
 21. Now you have loaded on marks, your voyage from brazil to new york in august month?
Your concerns. ( heavy weather, storm activities in the area besides other passage
planning considerations )
22. What are heavy weather precautions you would take on your vessel ?
23. Now your vessel is im 05 latitude and suddenly your 3 rd off call you as vessel experience
strong rain storm and your visibility reduces to ½ NM.
( Stated to procedures on entering RV – safe speed,look outs,fog signals, close watertight
doors ,position fixing frequency,manning level , obligatory report in case of TRS )
24. Conditions for forming TRS and reporting ? ( didn’t allowed to complete after stated
conditions
25. Whom you would report if you are in US waters? I said USCG . He asked under what
authority USCG takes the role for foreign flag vessels? ( Port state control)
26. What is a PSC / Paris MOU/ roles and responsibilities/ New inspection regime
27. How do they categorise their inspection and priorites? ( HRS,SRS,LRS )
28. What does a PSC checks when they board a vessel? ( will check vessel compliance in regard
to seven coventions )
29. Name other PSC MOU you know. Codes used by PSC .
30. Vessel at Ijmuiden. PSC boards the vessel for MLC inspection. ? Action
31. What other convention is related to MLC with regard to sea farer qualification.? (
STCW)
32. What is MLC and DMLC , Shipowner liability under MLC ?
33. Crew sigining on from EU countries ? ( all stcw certificates in particular looking for
security certificates / medical certificate and other as required )
34. What is CEC and its requirements ?

Ship handling

To berth a RHFP vessel on port side along side / no tide /No

current
BERTH

WIND

OWN VESSEL

Buoys – ALL Buoyage when approaching Brazil port

Preferred channel to stbd

You see a one short and one long flash of white light . Identify (safe water mark)
South cardinal mark
Region A – preferred channel to port
Region b areas

35. One single green light / sailing vessel / what other optional lights it can show.

36. SMART BOARD LIGHTS

PDV RAM of more than 50 mtr
Fishing Vessel with gear extended more than 150 mtr in length
 37. Your 3 rd off calls you in the situation where he have a crossing vessel on port side on
steady bearing and range reducing . clear his doubts and explain him the situation
Explained rule-15,17 in the above context.

38. ROR situation

PDV over taking stbd qtr and then crossing .

SV crossing stbd to port ROC in TSS

PDV crossing from port to stbd in TSS

39. RV – Broad ALTERATION TO PORT

RELATIVE VECTORS

RELATIVE TRAILS

Then Capt A.Keep Said You PASSED your Exam.

Sometime towards the end of the interview i believe he might have filled my NoE with the result because
at the end he just told me had passed. He took a copy of the NoE and handed over the original back to me.

I would like to thank my friends and Study partners ZUBER , AZEEM , ALLISTAIR for all our daily sessions.
Regards and thanks to all the Fleetwood lecturers and staff of FNC to brought us through.