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What is the difference between Inspection, Audit and Survey?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What should be the Maximum values of SF and BM?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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Why the bunker tanks are not fitted with Inert Gas System?
updated 5 months ago by Rajat
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What is a Wheel over point?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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Why long by chron method is preferred over Intercept method for morning sight?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is the difference between AIS A and AIS B?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is the difference between Code and Convention?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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Who issues the Medical Chest Certificate?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What is the use of pressure relief valve and stabilizing pocket in life raft?
updated 5 months ago by Rajat
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What is the Ex Meridian method of obtaining sight?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What fire protection arrangements are provided in pump room of an oil tanker?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What are the discharge requirements of Cargo Hold bilge water?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What is the purpose of compressed breathing air bottle in totally enclosed lifeboats?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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According to GMDSS, MOB is Distress, but in all Emergency procedures it is given as Urgency. Why?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What are different types of sailings involved in navigation?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is a "ganger length" in anchor?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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Why amplitude of moon cannot be taken?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What all tests and checks will you carry out in SCBA?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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How does a pressure gauge ( discharge & suction ) behave in a crude oil tanker? how to make best use of it in order to decide correct use of centrifugal pump from bulk discharge to stripping level?
updated 5 months ago by Rajat
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What is the purpose of magnetic correctors in Magnetic Compass?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What are Temporary and Preliminary notices or T&P notices?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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. What is the purpose of ‘tricing pendants’ fitted to lifeboats?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What safety precautions are taken while making fast the tug?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What is Spring tide, Neap tide, Flood tide and Ebb tide?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is Schedule A in NP133 C?
updated 5 months ago by Rajat
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What is the difference between the DR (Dead Reckoning), EP (Estimated position) and OP (Observed Position)?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is considered ‘Good Holding Ground’ and 'Bad Holding Ground' for the anchor?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What are the types of antenna and aeriels used onboard the ship?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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Does Rule 18 responsibility of COLREGS says that RAM should give way to NUC?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What is the period of validity of ship’s pyrotechnics?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What are the functional requirements of Fire Safety?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of carrying out a Mediterranean Moor?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What all factors affect the squat of vessel?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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When is the best time to obtain the amplitude?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What corrections are made to the echo sounder readings when comparing it with chart soundings?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What is the difference between a ‘fouled anchor’ and a ‘fouled hawse’?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What all correctors installed in magnetic compass?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What is synchronised rolling and what is synchronised pitching?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What is Parallel Indexing?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What are the two functions of a ‘rescue boat’ during the action of abandoning a ship?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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Trimming
updated 1 year ago by Anuradha
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Trimming Calculation
updated 1 year ago by siddharth.pataskar23
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How do you know, after letting go the anchor, when the vessel is brought up?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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In case of MOB, which turn would you prefer?
updated 5 months ago by Rajat
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What are the standard dimensions of the International Shore Connection (ISC)?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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Draft reporting
updated 1 year ago by Skiceas
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What are the SOLAS requirements of Buoyant Smoke Signals?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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How to determine cargo quantity in a particular hold ?
updated 5 months ago by vikram1983
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What are the parts of a ‘stockless anchor’?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What are the requirements regarding recovery of lifeboat and rescue boat?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is meant by the term 'segregated ballast'?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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Where would you find the ‘ganger length’ on an anchor cable?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What markings will you find on ship's gangway?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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Why don't we use Salt water on Sulphur fire?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What is the SOLAS requirement for Fire Pump?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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Why gyro compass fails at higher latitudes?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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How do you read the Wind Rose?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What are the SOLAS requirements of Hand flares?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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Why Annex VI was not included as a part of Polar Water Code?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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Where would you expect to find a ‘Union Plate’ on a derrick rig?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What is the difference between a flag state and a port state?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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How do you define first sighting and last sighting of lights?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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When helping and readying a man up with the SCBA, what safety checks would you make?
updated 5 months ago by aoneabbas1515
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What are raising and dipping distance of lights?
updated 1 year ago by marinetales
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What are the standard documentation required upon arrival and departure of vessel at any port?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What information is required to be passed prior arrival port?
updated 5 months ago by Rajat
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What factors would determine the chosen ‘track space’ when engaging in an Search and Rescue (SAR) search pattern?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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In addition to certificate requirements on all ships, what all certificates are required on Cargo Ship?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What is the purpose of ‘dunnage’?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What is the capacity of the ‘emergency fire pump’?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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How would you aim the rocket when firing a self-contained rocket line?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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Who issues Chain and Machinery Register?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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Why timber loadlines are above the normal loadlines?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What is meant by a treaty?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What are the requirements of fixed CO2 systems?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What are the SOLAS requirement of Rocket Parachute?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What hitch would you use when securing a boatswains chair to a gantline?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What do you mean by the term 'Clean Ballast'?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What changes on ship when the density of water changes?
updated 5 months ago by Rajat
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What are the certificates required onboard all ships?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What goods require a magazine stowage?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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How will you know if it is Dew or Mist?
updated 5 months ago by Rajat
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What is the Date of Entry of each Annex of MARPOL?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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Draft and trim
updated 1 year ago by anee2204
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What is the difference between ‘short stay’ and ‘long stay’?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What is meant by a protocol?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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Can any vessel carry all classes of dangerous goods?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What is contained in the ship’s fireman’s outfits?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What symptoms would you look for when suspecting hypothermia is affecting a person?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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As a Master, what would be your immediate actions after beaching the vessel?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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Why the size of the container ship is defined by TEU's and not FEU's?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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How to obtain Radio Medical Advice?
updated 5 months ago by Rajat
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Why category A,B,C changed to cat X Y Z in IBC code?
updated 5 months ago by Rajat
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What do you consider the term ‘risk assessment’ means?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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How would you carry out the beaching of the vessel?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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Which ships are covered under IMDG Code?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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What type of pump we use as a ballast / fire pump and why?
updated 5 months ago by Rajat
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What is the meaning of 'enroute'?
updated 5 months ago by marinetales
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Can we turn the ship by giving Rudder movement while we are drifting?
updated 5 months ago by Rajat
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Can we load propane over butane?
updated 5 months ago by Rajat
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