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Q. 221) Damage stability booklet and damage stability plan what al info you will get ?
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A damage control plan show
•Should be in scale adequate to show clearly the required contents of the plan, but not less than 1:200
•Inboard Profile
•Planned views of each deck
•transverse sections
The following is to be shown
1. w/t boundaries of the ship
2.location and arrangement of cross flooding systems , blow out plugs and any mechanical means to correct list due to flooding, together with locations of all valves and remote controls if any
3.locations of all watertight closing appliance including internal door or ramps (RORO) -their controls indicators alarms etc. Location of doors / ramps to be kept closed when at sea(SOLAS II-1/15) must be clearly indicated
4.location of all doors in the shell , position indicators, leakage detection and surveillance devices
6.Location of Bilge and Ballast pumps and valves associated and their controls
7.Pipes, ducts or tunnel if any through which limited progressive flooding has been accepted by the admin.
Damgae stability booklet
•Introduction
• Principal Dimensions
• Damage Assumptions
• Survival Criteria
• Description of damage case
• Margin line data
• procedure to investigate damage stability
• procedure for max allowable kg curve and corresponding minimum required loading weights (curve of minimum operational GM
• Example Calculations
• Appendices
Q. 222) What is wreck ?
X
Wreck means:
1-goods, which have been cast into the sea and then sink and remain under water
2-goods which have been cast or fall into the sea and remain floating on the surface
3-goods, which are sunk in the sea, but are attached to a floating object in order that they may be found again
4-goods which are thrown away or abandoned
5-a vessel abandoned without hope or intention of recovery
Q. 223) Contents of SSP ?
X1.General
2.Ship security organizational structure and responsibility
3.Personal training
4.Drills and Exercise
5.Managment of records and document
6.Responding to security levels
7.Procedure for co ordinating with Port facility and other ship
8.Declaration of security
9.Security communications
10.Security Equipments
11.Ships implementation of responsibility of ship security
12.Control of boarding points
13.Restricted areas
14.Cargo Hndling
15.Delivery of ships store and fuel
16.Ship security monitoring
17.Security measures at various security levels
18.Procedures for security incident and emergency plan
19.Audit and amendmendts to SSP
20.Activities inapplicable to ISPS code
Anx1 – Contact points of contrating governments
Anx2- General arngmnt of ship
Anx3 –Sample DOS
Anx4- Forms/chklist related to security
Q. 224) How will you ask for salvage ?
XWhen a vessel is in peril, the master must immediately assess the threat and decide urgently whether assistance, including salvage assistance, is needed or not. The master should always over-react on the side of safety and pollution prevention rather than delay in the hope that the situation may improve.
The master of a vessel in peril should -
- seek advice and instructions from the shipowner, but only if time allows. If the urgency of the situation does not permit communications with the owners of the property in peril, the master will usually have authority to act on his own initiative (i.e. as an agent of necessity).
- immediately request assistance if he thinks it necessary for the safety of the ship, crew and cargo.
- accept the assistance that seems the most reasonable, taking into account the possible value of the assisting ships, her ability to perform the salvage services and the amount of her deviation from her intended route.
- try to obtain agreement to Lloyd’s Open Form 2011 before accepting any salvage services offered.
- give the salvor all possible assistance to enable him to do the job, remembering, however, that the more that can be done by the ship’s crew, the less will be the salvor’s reward and the cost to the shipowner and cargo owners. (Professional salvors may well want to do everything, in order to maximise their reward.)
- gather contemporaneous evidence relating to:
the terms on which assistance was offered and accepted (e.g. witnessed log entries of radio messages);
details of assisting vessels and their equipment used (e.g. ropes, pumps, etc.);
any measures taken before the salvor’s arrival, and measures that might have taken to save the ship had
salvors not arrived (i.e. “sue and labour†cost items);
any damage to the ship, injuries to crew, etc.;
assistance rendered by the ship’s crew, the master and the ship’s own equipment during the salvage
services
Q. 225) What type of survey is carried out by class to issue certificate of class ?
XThe following are carried out prior issuing Cert of Class
1.A technical review of the design plans and related documents for a new vessel to verify compliance with the applicable Rules;
2.Attendance at the construction of the vessel in the shipyard by a Classification Society surveyor(s) to verify that the vessel is constructed in accordance with the approved design plans and classification Rules;
3.Attendance by a Classification Society surveyor(s) at the relevant production facilities that provide key components such as the steel, engine, generators and castings to verify that the component conforms to the applicable Rule requirements;
4.Attendance by a Classification Society surveyor(s) at the sea trials and other trials relating to the vessel and its equipment prior to delivery to verify conformance with the applicable Rule requirements;
5.Upon satisfactory completion of the above, the builder’s/ship owner’s request for the issuance of a class certificate will be considered by the relevant Classification Society and, if deemed satisfactory, the assignment of class may be approved and a certificate of classification issued.
Q. 226) Action as per ms act incase of collision ?
XOverloading cargo ship – 15000
Overloading passenger sub division LL – rs 11000
Marpol violation – rs 5 lakhs
Sending a ship to sea without certified personnel – 6months prison / rs 10000 fine
Q. 227) Contents of fire plan or fire control plan ?
XFire control plan is the detailed drawings which give complete details of ship’s total fire fighting equipment viz. portable fire extinguishers, mobile extinguishers and fixed fire fighting installations and their exact locations in each zone on board including the refills for the portable extinguishers where stored and location of fire party lockers and their contents Fire control plan is displayed in the form of big scale drawing in crew messes, officer’s saloon, bridge, machinery control room and main alleyways.
The fire control plans also indicates clearly the access and escape routes in different zones of the ship and the fire fighting equipment/fire hydrants/fire hoses-nozzles etc. available in each zone and their exact location.
The location of fire pumps/fire and bilge pumps/emergency fire pumps, the complete layout of the fire main system, the various main/bulkhead/isolating valves and the points/switches from where these pumps can be started in emergency.
The plan also gives to complete layout of different machinery compartments/spaces and accommodation, dinning and galley areas, main stores, various ventilation and exhaust blowers fitted and their dampers and the location from where they can be operated/shutdown in case of emergency/fire.
In case of a major fire, to assist the shore fire fighting organization, a copy of fire control plan is also kept safely in a steel tube painted red and marked “Fire Control Plan†in white. In case of a major fire on board ready help/information may not be available to the shore fire fighting personnel or ship’s personnel may have abandoned the ship. In such cases, the fire control plan kept in the steel tube becomes handy and guide for the shore personnel in fighting the fire.
Fire control plan drawing is periodically checked and updated and is duly approved by the competent Shipping Authority (MMD/DGS). Any change in number of portable or mobile fire extinguishers or change in their locations on board or any modifications/alterations in fire main system of other fixed fire fighting installations are incorporated in the fire control plan and approval for the new fire control plan is taken from the approving authority.
Q. 228) Exp the various shallow water effects ?
X1.Sluggish movement
2.Vibration
3.Erratic steering, slow response.
4.Smelling the ground
5.Squat
6.Bow cushion and bank suction effect
7.Canal effect
Q. 229) What are the conventions covering liability
XObjective of the limiting liability is to promote ship owners to invest in this high risk venture (marine ).
It is unfair on the ship owners part that his liability is unlimted bcoz of the faults not of his own,( fault of navigation etc)
Can limit liability only for the liabilities caused outside a contract.
•International convention on limitation of liability for maritime claims. 1976 (1996 proto)
•International convention on civil liability for oil pollution damages 1969 (1992 proto)
•International convention on the establishment of an International fund for compensation for oil pollution damage 1992 (2000 proto )
•International convention on liability for the carriage of passengers & their luggage’s by sea 1974 ( 1976 & 2002 )
•International convention civil liability for bunker oil pollution damage 2001
Q. 230) Search and rescue structure in india
XThe Indian Coast Guard is the National Maritime Search and Rescue Coordinating Authority for executing /Coordinating Search and Rescue (SAR) missions in the Indian Maritime Search and Rescue Region (ISRR).
Director General Indian Coast Guard is the National Maritime SAR Coordinating Authority (NMSARCA).
Under NMSARCA, the ISRR of India is divided into three areas with Maritime Rescue Coordination Centres (MRCCs) located at Mumbai, Chennai, and Port Blair.
There are 10 Maritime Rescue Sub Centres (MRSCs) and 03 Maritime Rescue Sub Sub Centres (MRSSCs) operate under these MRCCs. The multi mission Indian Coast Guard Stations located along the coast, deploys state of the art ships and aircraft to provide SAR coverage in ISRR.
