Each completed operation must be signed by the officer(s) in charge of the operations concerned. For example, where bunkering is a joint deck/engine room operation, the chief mate and either the chief or second engineer would probably sign the entries.
What details are required to be notified in a pre-arrival notification?
(1) Ship identification (name, call sign, IMO number or MMSI number);
What is a port State control authority?
The department or agency of a port State Administration with responsibility for the control of vessels at ports and anchorages within the State's territorial sea. For example, the MCA is the port State control authority in the UK, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is the port State control authority in Australia, and the US Coast Guard is the port State control authority in the USA and US territories.
What are the qualifying requirements for an AB Certificate?
The person must (1) be 18 or over;
What document is required by SOLAS to supplement a Cargo Ship Safety Certificate?
A Record of Equipment for the Cargo Ship Safety Certificate (Form C), which lists:
What is the master of a UK ship allowed to do to people boarding or attempting to board without his permission if his ship has been wrecked or stranded, or is in distress?
Under section 246(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, he may forcibly repel them.
Why do some ships carry an Interim DOC and/or an Interim SMC?
As a transitional arrangement in cases of change of flag or Company.
What is a Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP)?
A plan, required under Regulation 22 of MARPOL Annex VI (as amended by MEPC.203(62)) to be carried from 1 January 2013 on each new and existing ship of 400 GT and above, intended to establish a mechanism for a company and/or a ship to improve the energy efficiency of the ship's operation. The SEEMP may form part of the ship's Safety Management System (SMS).
In what circumstances will an Administration cancel an International Load Line Certificate?
(1) When material alterations have been made in the hull or structural strength such as would necessitate assignment of an increased freeboard;
Who must a shipmaster inform when the MCA have given their recommendation about entering or leaving port or bunkering during exceptional weather and sea conditions?
Where, under the VTM Regulations, the MCA gives a shipmaster a recommendation about entering or leaving port or bunkering, or an opinion about bunkering, the master must inform the ship owner of that recommendation or opinion as soon as is practicably possible and by the quickest means available.
A master asks for one tug to assist when berthing, and the ship consequently causes damage to the quay when coming alongside. Who is at fault?
While some port authorities specify the number of tugs to be used, it is the master's responsibility to hire as many tugs as are necessary to control his ship. Damage to the quay will generally be the ship's fault and the shipowner will be liable.
What arrangements may a chief engineer be expected to make for taking bunker fuel oil samples?
It will depend on the company's procedures, as detailed in the Safety Management System documentation, but the P&I clubs advise as follows:
How can an arrival port State's ballast water management requirements be ascertained?
From the shipowner or manager, from the ship's agent at the arrival port, or from the P&I club correspondent for that port, or from the P&I club's managers. Some P&I clubs publish worldwide ballast water updates.
What type of organisation may carry out Cargo Ship Safety Radio Certificate survey and certification duties on behalf of an EU flag State Administration?
A private body having sufficient expertise and qualified personnel to carry out specified safety assessment work on radiocommunication on its behalf.
Must a passenger counting and registration system be approved by the MCA?
Yes, as described in paragraphs 11 and 12 of MSN 1794.
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