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Q2. There is a bunker overflow from a large merchant ship while in foreign waters, in which you are the Chief Engineer. State in systematic detail the actions which you will need to take: (16)

1. Keeping in mind that the oil-spill/contamination needs to be kept to a minimum.

2. The documentation that you will need to consider to be critical.

3. Local regulatory reporting that you would mandatorily need to do.

4. The cooperation that you would need to extend to the investigators, and

5. The liabilities which you are likely to face and thereby must guard against.