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Q7. Stress is one of the factors affecting the performance of an individual. What are the primary strategies that may be employed for copying with stress affected personnel?  How these elements can be best implemented in ships personnel motivating them for better team work?

Q2. UNCLOS requires the member states to exercise administrative, technical and social control on ships to ensure safety operations and control of marine pollution. In recent times the intervention of port states has increased in supplementing the work of flag states. Discuss objective and responsibilities of flag and port state administrations towards achieving their objectives of eliminating substandard ships.

Q8. Write short notes on any THREE:

A. Lloyd's Open Form;

B. General Average and Particular Average.

C. Bill of Lading.

D. Treaty, Convention and Protocol.

Q2. The vessel in which you are the Chief Engineer is about to be laid up for 3 months for commercial reasons. All equipment and machinery on board require to be preserved during the lay-up period for re-commissioning when required. Describe the actions you will take as Chief Engineer to prepare the Main Propulsion diesel engine for preserving during the lay-up period.

Q5. Discuss the additional risks of bulk carriers and tankers which have necessitated the enhanced survey programme (ESP) for these ship types. State the major requirements of inspections under this programme.

Q6. The European Union (EU) Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) regulation requires ship owners and operators to annually monitor, report and verify CO2 emissions for vessels larger than 5000 GT and which call at any EU port is already in force. Against this background.

(a) Explain the salient differences between MRV mandated by EU and the Data Collection and Reporting under MARPOL.

(b) Draft a fleet circular to the vessels under your management, describing the care and procedures to be practiced by the vessels for the compliance of EU MRV regulations and IMO Data Collection & Reporting Respectively.

Q7. Describe the general structure of a Ballast Water Treatment (BWT) System, highlighting the following methods of treatment: -
a) UV Treatment method
b) Gas Treatment method
c) Electrolysis method
d) Magnetic Separation method.

Q2. With reference to surveying of large starting air receivers:

(a) Explain where corrosion is likely to occur and state why it occurs in these regions;

(b) State how the incidence of corrosion in air receivers might be minimized:

(c) If serious corrosion is detected in a starting air receiver and that receiver must be used explain how you, as Chief Engineer, would determine the maximum pressure to which the receiver should he subjected;

(d) State the further action a Chief Engineer must take upon discovering such air receiver corrosion.

Q9. (a) Describe the background and relevance of the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001.

(b)Define the following under Bunker Convention and explain how they differ from other similar Convention such as CLC’92.

(i) Pollution damage

(ii) Bunker oil

(iii) Time limits for claims

(iv) Exclusions.