Q1. Illustrate mean piston speed and its significance on consumption of F.O. Explain how means piston speed is related to rpm and ideal combustion. Joining an old ship as CE formulate a methodology by which you can ascertain optimum use of FO against desired mean piston speed.
Q3. Detail the inspection that you as the new Chief Engineer of a passenger ship would make upon joining the ship with regard to: i. Stability; ii. Damage control; iii. Firefighting; IV. Critical Machinery.
Q5. (i) What are the primary strategies for copying with stress affected personnel? How these elements can be best implemented in ships personnel motivating them for better team work?
(ii) Socio-Cultural differences have been an accepted fact in major merchant ships around the globe. Explain how such differences generate inter personal conflict and affect safety management. How they can be resolved on board?
Q1. The vessel where you are posted as Chief Engineer is undergoing dry-docking and a serious fire occurs on the deck because of welding work. Illustrate the documented procedures to deal with such emergency and its advantage over non-documented actions? Explain the different ship related contingencies against which document procedures are maintained under emergency preparedness of ISM Codes. In case of a major pollution of oil from a ship how best the contingency plans in emergency preparedness help over other actions?
Q6. (i) List the methods and aids to prevent pollution of the environment by ships under MARPOL 73/78 Conventions and steps you can take for its successful implementation on a ship prior its voyage, where you have joined as Chief Engineer.
(ii) During bunkering of a ship at a foreign port, a substantial amount of oil spillage in water has taken place. Draw an emergency preparedness plan for such incidents and how best it could be encountered under the situation.
Q6.What is a general average act? Name the essential features of a general average act.
Q4. (a) The STCW 95 convention was amended in manila on 25th June 2010. What major changes and amendments were made for the engine department?
(b). Illustrate the salient factors for "Onboard Training" and standard of competence as laid but in the existing chapter III of the STCW 95 and the amended chapter III of STCW (Manila amendments). Underline the specific roles a chief engineer needs to perform towards satisfactory training of engine room personnel under the existing and new regulation. What will be the criteria for evaluating competence for onboard training by a chief engineer?
Q3. Differentiate between annual, intermediate, renewal, damage and repair surveys. What are the purposes of each survey onboard? Also, enlist all statutory certificates carried onboard, their issuing authority, and the IMO Convention under which they are issued.
Q9. A ship on which you have joined as chief engineer is scheduled to be put in active service after major layup and necessary repairs state the preparation and trial you would conduct prior offering the ship to the surveying authorities for survey and inspection
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