2025

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Question. Principles of marine insurance. Explain in detail Subrogation and dispatch.

Question. After D. dock vessel experiences heavy vibration. Reason?

Question: How is the class assigned to the ship? All types of class survey and details.

Question: What all changes in SUA protocol?

Question. How will you co-relate the Grounding incident with ISM. How frequently emergency drills are conducted?
Question. Fuel Lifecycle Label details.
Question. What is a very serious marine casualty. Name all three.

Question. What is modern inventory management.

Question. How you will implement ISM on new ship.

Question. What is GA and what is the function of arbitrator.

Question. Emergency fire pump not working in front of PSC, your action.

Question. Difference between ISPS, UNCLOS, SUA.

Question. What is load line survey and how you will prepare ship for load line survey.

Question. Hybrid T/C and working principle.

Surveyors: Banarjee, Oraon

Question. PSSA

Question. Big Data

Question. Cyber Security

Question. Vulnerable Area

Question. Vicarious liability

Question. CLC relation of ship owner and flag state

Question. SOLAS Chapter 2.2 – what is service-based

Question. Supplement of IEEC certificate

Surveyors: Gangopadhyay, Srinivas

Question. 5 principles of marine insurance

Question. UNCLOS features

Question. Inventory management on board

Question. Salvage objective, when required and salvage meaning

Question. Vessel gets CII rating D — what is the course of action? Formula of CII (Srinivas)

Question. SEQ under which survey?

Question. Bunker Convention salient features

Internal: V. Rai
External: Gangopadhyay

Question. All about MEPC 80

Question. Demurrage and Despatch

Question. Emergency Fire Pump not working – Action as C/E to avoid detention by PSC

Question. Difference between ISO and ISM

Question. Modern inventory management, type of inventory management. What is RTPE? Follow-up: What is ROP?

Internal: Vikrant Rai
External: Gangopadhyay

Question. MEPC 80

Question. SUA, ISPS, UNCLOS difference

Question. EEDI, EEXI, CII formula

Question. Definitions: tanker, clear ground, EEZ, innocent passage

Question. What all vibrations in propeller

Question. Marine insurance principles

Question. Ship registry

Question. New MS Act – what changes

Question. Tail shaft survey

Internal (Vikrant Rai):

Question. Your duty as C/E in time charter

Question. ISM implementation as C/E

Date: 29.09.2025
Internal: Vikrant Rai
External: Ganguly

Question. Intact stability criteria for bulk carriers

Question. Bunker Convention features

Question. What vibrations occur in propeller

Question. Electrical survey checks

Question. Precautions to be taken against liquefaction of cargo

Question. Difference between IGC Code and GC Code

Question. Variable exhaust closing

Question. What is observation and NC

Date: 30.09.2025
Surveyor: Banerjee

Question. What is there in damage stability booklet

Question. What is multimodal transport

Question. CII

Question. Indemnifying in insurance means

Question. Which are not perils of sea

Question. Overridable power limitations / OMM

Question. Substantial corrosion

Question. All about new developments in MARPOL Annex VI.

Question. HKC. Name all the certificates. How do all the certificates in HKC originate?

Question. Intact stability

Question. Survey and audit

Question. BOL (Bill of Lading) contents

Question. Define tanker as per MARPOL and ISM

Question. OPRC-Tell me specifically name of 5 agencies which are involved in pollution prevention.

Question. What is right to innocent passage as per UNCLOS.

Question. What is base line,

Question. There have been many incidents of containers getting fire due to explosion of Li-ion batteries. How would you fight such a fire?

Question. Under SUA convention, what all activities are included?

Question. Under ISPS specifically, what all things as a master or crew that you would do/not do to prevent piracy attack?

Question. What is black carbon?

Question. As a tanker man, do you have P/R?

Question. Do we have SIRE inspection on board? Yes

x. which sire version is currently implemented? SIRE 2.0

x. What is SIRE 2.0

Tell me "SIRE 2.0 is DASH DASH DASH regieme". What is these 3 DASH, be specific

x. What is the full form of OCIMF (atleast that was correct)

x. Is SIRE 2.0 is the only requirement for chartering, list me 2 other area of applicability (Blanked)

Question. What is the difference between Arbitration and mediation

Question. What is port of Refuge?

Question. 5 criteria of Gen Avg

Question. situational leadership and example:-

Question. PSC New Inspection Regime (NIR)

Question. Condition Of Assignment as per load line convention.

Question. eumrv and imodcs:- . He asked about GT applicability

Question. sf6 circuit breaker

Question. nc mnc finding observation as per ism code

Question. dmlc 1,2 as per mlc

Question. difference between CII and EEXI.

Question. As a CE how u will investigate regarding vessel is not achieving required speed. And in depth he asked Slip and all and what.

Question. Certificate and doc required for registry of vessel as per MS Act

Question. Block chain technology and advantages:- Explain with example

Question. Flag Give data to IMO for FG Vessel, Who collect Data from Indian Flag Vessel:-

Question. difference between CII and EEXI

Question. As a CE how u will investigate regarding vessel is not achieving required speed. And in depth he asked Slip and all and what

Question. Protocols of 78 and What came after protocols of 78?. Which annex came after marpol 1997 amendment? Certificates required after 97 amendments. Regulations in Marpol Specific to Oil tanker.

Question. What is maintenance of conditions after survey? Shipowners and operators are required to maintain and repair equipment according to relevant regulations and guidelines, where it is mentioned in Solas?

Question. Coastal state roles and responsibilities in III code.

Question. What is archipelagic water as per unclos?

Question. How EIAPP certificate is issued for ship?

Question. What is Hybrid Turbocharger?

Question. What all information’s are written in noon report?

Question. P&l club? What p&l cover ?What p&l Don't cover? what is h&m. Diff between h&m and p&l? On what basis ship owner pay p&l premium ?On what basis ship owner pay h&m premium ?How?

Question. ESP? Who decide this is close up survey area (its class) ?(which areas will be covered for close up survey?

Question. what precautions required for grain cargo? Question. -How to calculate angle of repose?

Question. Tell me objective of OPRC?. what is Flage state duty in that ? What imo will do in that.

Question. What is TQM ?Tell me principles

Question. RO found MNC What he will do? Flag state on holiday what RO will do

Question. SEEMP 2?

Question. Endurance test?

Gangopadhyay sir-

Question. Tell me about MEPC 80 key points?

Question. As a Chief engineer how you will implement cyber security on ship? what imo told about cyber security? tell me that guidelines (Don't make stories)

Internal

Question. In Nox technical file what CE make entries?

Question. In DD you find dent how you will locate that plate? which plan? how you will come to know?

Question. what is minimum age requirement for trainee on ship? How much age required for night watch? Minimum rest hours requirement?

Question. what is scopic? when invoke ? why scopic?

Question. EEDI Formula ?unit?

Nitish Jain Attempt:1 24.07.2025

Internal: Vikrant rai

External: SK Das

Question. Principles of marine insurance. Explain in detail Subrogation and dispatch.

Question. Warranties in insurance

Question. Ship Internal and external audits difference and details.

Question. Cyber security principles.

Question. Registry of ship in India documents required.

Question. EEXI and SEEMP in detail

Question. Class notations definition and examples in details.

Yogesh D Piprikar

24.07.2025

Attempt 2- Mumbai

Internal- Srinivas Prasad Sir.

External- A. K. Biswas Sir

Sanjoy Gangopadhyay Sir

Question. What is the alternative to double hull oil tanker.

Question. What is advantage and disadvantage of Dual fuel engine and Conventional Engine.

Question. Advantage and Disadvantage of Ammonia used as fuel.

Question. B-60 as per Load line convention

Question. What are the documents required for taking a ship insurance.

Question. What is Sustainable fuel and Sustainable fuel Certification Scheme.

Question. What to if Emergency fire pump is not taking suction in front of PSC.

Question. How to carry out Safcon Survey of a ship in Engine Room.

:

SK Das and vikrant rai

all questions by das

Question. Structure of UNCLOS in detail

Question. IMO Instruments Implementation Code. Details of audit team and what all is to be checked and for who all

Question. ship inventory management methods and lead time

Question. Hong-kong convention ..details.. preparation as Chief Engineer.. what is md and sdoc.. details on sdoc

Question. On board ship Cll calculations and contents of SEEMP 3.. different ratings

Question. details regarding how to improve ships engine and what is speed optimization and how to achieve

Question. List me 5 clauses mentioned in voyage CP?

Question. What are the carrier obligations in case of voyage CP

Question. Engine Power is proportional to (x to power of N); what is x . What is the unit of EEXI? What is the formula of EEXI. How EPL support to achieve EEXI.

Question. How you will put EPL in MAN ME engine . What is the name of the setting,

Question. What is Vicarious liability?

Question. Your vessel is proceeding to a scheduled port of call, raised order for bunker, but you are not able to get a compliant fuel. Action as CE?

Question. You are taking a bunker and now let say, barge told you figure 200MT and your figure is 140MT, action as CE?

Question. What type of bunkers samples you will retain on board after bunkering

x. Barge also given you a sample bottle, may be he give you wrong sample bottle of complaint fuel? how you ascertain it.

x. Lab Analysis come and found non compliant with sulphur %, company reached to bunker supplier and denied the case, then which order of samples will be considered?

Question. List me 5 clauses mentioned in voyage CP?

Attempt-2

Internal -Rao sir

External-Mohan sir

1.Types of sailed, how long you were sailing in bulk carrier.

2.Types of main engines you sailed on.

Question. who will pay the liability of 3rd party.

Question. What is a p and i club and types of calls.

Question. What is HSSC, what all certificates and surveys.

Question. why esp is required for bulk carrier and tankers.

Question. Types of corrosion.

Question. What is Bending Moment and shear stress.

Question. Loadicator and information you get from it.

Question. Risk based ships, from where u get to know substandard ships.

Question. SAR convention and is MRCC part of SAR.Who is responsible in India

Question. GISIS

Vijay Parihar

Ext- Biswas sir, Gangopadhyay sir

Question. IBC code details

Question. PA Manual

Question. ISM audit findings and objectives, how to report NC,

Question. sequential turbocharger

Question. Subrogation

Question. under what conditions GM will be negative without hull damage

Question. Ship engine room Tool box meeting overview as a chief engineer.

Question. TMON+

Question. container ship stability criteria

Question. Why ESP for chemical tanker

Question. Why Flair is more in container ship

Question. Sea trail objective

Question. Annex 1 and 2 of LDC

Vineet

24.07.2025

Internal: Srinivas Prasad

External: Biswas and Gangopadhyay

Question. Why Esp for bulk carrier?

Question. What is deviation clause?

Question. How risk based measures included in Quality management system

Question. How special survey and Safcon survey inter related.

Question. What is pollution as per UNCLOS?

Question. Key points of FAL convention?

Question. IOPP equipment not operational in front of surveyor, spare available in next port. Actions as Chief engineer

Internal:

Question. What is LLMC. How much are the limits. Is it applicable for bunker oil pollution damage.

Question. Important spares for drydock.

Question. How do you measure propeller drop? Which instrument? How will you identify if it is within limits.

Question. How will you calculate slip. If slip had decreased and if weather conditions same, what can be the issue.

Internal: Vikrant sir External: Raj Kumar Gupta

Question. CSR

Question. Dry dock preparation of ce

Question. Vessel Takeover in Dry Dock (New/old)- As a CE how you will implement ISPS? Procedure for ISPS for new ship.

Question. Seq annual test lifeboat annual testing

Question. Collision in way of engine room,

Question. Implementation of ISM

Question. Condition based monitoring

Question. Csm

Question. Preparation of Load line annual survey as a CE?

Question. Safe ship

Question. Class notation T-mon.

Question. ESP all detail

Question. type of survey, difference between renewal and special survey

Question. Vetting Inspection scope

Question. Psc clear grounds for ism

Question. what is IMO number, official number of ship, what is difference, and who issue?

Question. Mlc 2006 detainable deficiencies. Violation of rest hrs, ship is doing short voyages you can't stop business how you approach as CE

Question. Bunker spill in foreign port your actions as CE, where do you find emergency contacts

Question. Flag state inspection, intermediate survey, periodic survey, scope.

Question. Ism effectiveness how to check effectiveness as ce on joining vessel. how to prepare ISM management review, frequency who does and all. Ism, how sms is prepared?

Question. HKC, how ship is prepared for recycling, certificate.

Question. While mounting propeller in dry dock, crack developed, where will you look for the crack.

Question. New technology in marine hull paint.

Question. Why flag state inspection is required, we have so many inspection

Question. Concentrated inspection campaign. latest.how will you prepare your vessel for cic.

Question. First action as ce on grounding of vessel

Question. How flag maintains link with ship? Genuine link

Question. Ui iacs examples

Question. Fund convention everything

Question. Bunker offspec.... How to use it onboard

Question. P&I club ... Type of insurance., inclusion and exclusion

Question. Hongkong convention, applicability, documents, process of recycling

Question. Scope of intermediate survey

Question. Procedure of deregistry of vessel in Indian flag

Question. iacs history, scope, how to become member of iacs, is irs a member

Question. PSC found discrepancies in ORB, you couldn't find and deviation

Question. What is serious casualty? How will you deal with a serious casualty? Casualty investigation.

Question. Requirements of Planned maintenance system? Type approval

Question. SCOPIC... Everything related to scopic, reward and article 14 5.

Question. Thickness measurements and allowance.

Question. Imo CLC

Question. What is flag state? Which law gives authority for flag state? Duties and responsibilities of flag state.

Question. What is classification survey? Which surveys carried out by class and name all of them?

Question. What is spd and CDP anti fouling paints? What is latest paint and hw it's working? What are the uses of antifouling paints and why these paints are applied? All causes and effects wrt to afs? Paint scheme file contents?

Question. There is a collision in the way of engine room? What is the first action as ce? Will you raise general emergency alarm?. What is contingency plan and where you will find this on board? Criteria for fixing contingency plan and who prepared

Question. What is esp? Why particular to bulk carriers? Hw survey is carried out? What is esp survey file and contents of file?

Question. What is pms? How will u go with it as ce?

Question. What is imo corrective plan wrt to cii rating if vessel getting consecutive D Rating?

Question: Your ship has left Port Syed, on the way to Nava Sheva. You got an OMD high alarm. After inspection found out that , ME unit no 6 cross head bearing has been damaged. What will be your course of action as a CE?

Question: What all maintenance procedures you had followed onboard? Give practical examples of each type of maintenance. What is RCM? 7 steps of RCM?

Question: Your vessel has been grounded near the coast of Mumbai. It was carrying crude oil. How will you proceed for the compensation part? Detailed process of financial payment. How to apply blue card? Conditions of having financial security? Is it mandatory?

Question: ⁠The term Demurrage & Dispatch have you heard? It is related to what? Explain both with the circumstances. How payment will be done in case of demurrage ?

Question: ⁠How will you motivate your onboard Subordinate? What is Herzberg’s two factor theory ? What are the hygiene factors?

Question: ⁠Role of shipping master?

Question: What is HSSC? How it is benefiting the shipowners? How it is harmonising? Give me examples..

Question: What all the alternative fuels we are using present days? What is methane slip? Impact of methane slip? How to calculate? How to reduce methane slip - only technical process?

Question: Loadline survey? What all things will you check? Both engine & deck parts.

Question: How to take performance. How you will calculate sfoc and indicated power from it.

Question: How many types of maintenance. Example of condition monitoring.

Question: Sea trials what all things we do. Give atleast 4 tests

Question: UNCLOS maritime zones. How many types of baselines. How you baselines are measured. How you any country know there continental shelf.

Question: Barriers in communication on ship. Types. Your company want you as ce to give opinion on diversification. What advice you will give.

Question: OPRC objective. What role do the shipboard ppl have in it.

Question: Marine insurance principles. What is causa proxima.

Question: What is GA. Why general avg. How to decide.

Question: What is challenging water in BWM. How you deal with it.

Question: What is marine casualty.

Question: What is ism deficiency as per psc.

Question: Difference between clc,fund and bunker convention..how fund is collected and who ill manage fund in fund convention.

Question: bill of lading contents ? Types ? And claused bill of lading?

Question: tools used for inventory management control.

Question: fixed cost and variable cost definition and examples.

Question: engine de rating and types.

Question: how to maintain class and in what condition they ill detained with examples.

Vikrant rai & Sarkar sir

Question: Steel renewal criteria, commercial aspect and when to proceed for that

Question: Demmurage, dispatch, laytime

Question: P&f curve in maintenance

Question: Cii rating for ur last year, rating validity, hw improve rating from d to c

Question: Drydock important clauses

Question: what is paraverbal communication?

Question: Electric propulsion gaining traction explain

Question: Marine insurance subrogation and contribution

Question: Procedure to towing damaged oil tanker

Question: Annex 6 delivered samples onboard sample and

Question: Imo purpose, structure, purpose of technical committee

Question: Lrit and ais

Question: Legality of official log book on indian ship

Question: As per Ms act how will you change name of ship owner and port of registrary within india

Question: Casualty Investigation

Question: iacs PR 17, Types of deficiencies

Question: Hazardous Occurrence

Question: Problem with carrying cargo which liquifies

Question: HT steel property and there concerns, carbon content in HT steel

Question: Fire fighting of li-ion battery carried inside a container of a container vessel.

Question: Big data, size of the data and problem with big data.

Question: CII formula

Question: imo III Code objective

Question: OHSAS program implementation

Question: Where to find bunker quality standard for ordering bunker as chief engineer.

Question: ship LPG plant description

Question: ⁠what can be reason that valid cert will become invalid within valid period

Question: Rescue cordination centre jobs- i explained but he was saying its MRCC job not RCC.

Question: INMARSAT function.

Question: As per SOLAS CH-II-2, what do you understand by centre, not definition.

Question: IN GA, what is expenditure.

Question: What are ESD- explain in details of PBCF.

Question: Sire 2.0 and 1.0 major diff- explain him about human element part- he asked me example of performance influence factors. And then cross questions.

Question: 4 teams in emergency preparedness.duties of each

Question: Iws notation to be taken from class.how will you proceed.

Question: Types of ballast water management plant..what thing psc will check .he told you are missing one very imp point..dont know what he wanted to hear.

Question: human error and related cross question..wanted to hear some specific answer.

Question: Health and safety of crew on board how as a ce will deal.he wanted terms from some specific imo recommendation..

Question: How will you assess human reliability.

Question: Inert gas in LPG tankers what are the 3 most important things to check.

Question: As CE on LPG, what are the things to check related to Pump and Valve.

Question: 3 principles of Marine Insurance and their meaning.

Question: Where all can you find outstanding mortgage for any ship ( apart from register)

Question: 3 examples of contract which are covered under P&I

Question: 3 changes mentioned in LoadLine Convention.

Question: If Nox technical file lost then action as CE.

Question: GHG surveyor on board. What all things he will check.

Question: When will you require new EEXI certificate.

Question: Latest msc outcomes

Question: Cic recent inspections

Question: Cyber risk management

Question: Ism internal audit advantages

Question: Ro ro vessel survival ratio

Question: Probabilitic and determenistic approach

Question: Abandon ship

Question: Why bulk carrier targeted more with respect to co2 emissions

Question: Marpol annex 6 shore reception facilities purpose

Question: Negotiable bill of lading, how will you come to know this negotiable bill of lading

Question: CLC 1992, from where the funding is coming

Question: Forbody optimisation bulbous bow, help in reducing GHG

Question: Dispute in bunker, as a chief engineer what are the certificates to be kept ready

Question: EPL requirements, after installation

Question: CII, how to improve

Question: Primary Nox, thermal Nox

Question: Vessel resources management

Question: Function of ILO

Question: ECA as per anex 6

Question: Clean and dirty BL

Question: NOx code survey on ship equipment

Question: Agreed place of safety after salvage, as CE how will you decide the agreed place of safety

Question: You detect pirate approaching what will you do as CE. He said 1st step to raise alarm then to inform other vessels in the vicinity. Then what?..

Question: Cyber security challenges and how as CE you will address them.

Question: Propeller advancements and retro fittings for ghg reduction is now coming into picture. How classification society is involved in this?

Question: What types of ship are covered under MS Act.

Question: Explain strict liability

Question: Tell me atleast 3 headings of MARPOL annex 5

Question: Explain how vfd reduce emissions.

Question: Advantages of cloud computing

Question: IMO GHG strategy for CO2 emissions and GHG upto year 2030.

Question: What is the management plan for ships trading in EU ?

Question: As C/E what all things you see as watch keeping from STCW point of view.

Question: UNCLOS -meaing in single sentence

Question: Question: who signs charter party -not shipowner and charter

Question: machine learning in single sentence

Question: EEXI Improvement methods in detail

Question: ISM resource and personel -company role

Question: In COC 2.2 service base means what

Question: OPRC full form,who are the specialised agencies for combating oil pollution as per OPRC

Question: functional requirement of ILO

Question: What is immarsat

Question: basic bifference between imo dcs and eumrv ( reporting format )

Question: pssa ( what is ecological )

Question: what is imsas

Question: Pand i club who are running and cordinating .

Question: Documents retained by registrar during registry of Ship, what's carving and marking note, who issue and to whom?

Question: Freeboard Corrections.

Question: Navtex.

Question: Arrest and Detention difference, Convention related to ships arrest.

Question: Types of Maritime claims.

Question: Polar code. With single line answer, polar code covers which Conventions.

Question: Contingency plan, when, what is contingency in single line.

Question: Contractual liability, single line answer.

Question: Risks not covered by P&I

Question: ME engine fuel oil system, FIVA working basic.

Question: Propeller change ro involvement. What information ro must give to flag.

Question: Voyage charter party basic clauses

Question: Exemption certificate exact name as per solas.

Question: What changed after digitalization of shipping.

Question: Class renewal certificate when it is done. For extension what is done.

Question: Clc for which ships.

Question: Seemp all 3.

Question: Cii in 6 bullet points.

Question: Me engine how signal is transferring.

Question: Scopic. Main bearing clearance.