A. About Cargo

1. What is you last vessel trading area? Have you been USA, Australia and Canada port?

( A:  wordwide / seasia,  ?= yes / not) 

2. What kinds of cargo have you carried before?(grain, coal ore, log etc.)

3. What is the meaning of stowage factor, GM, KG, KM, GOM, SG correction, etc.? What is Bill of lading, clean B/L, remark on B/L? How to make KG for deck cargo?

(A:  weight / Cbm,     

4. What is NCB?

A: National Cargo Bureau: calculationmanual? 

5. Do you have deck crane operation experience?

6. Do you have experience of how to use the soft ware of Loading Master? Do you remember the name of the soft ware that you have used in your previous vessel?

7. Do you have any experience for loading grain cargo? How many cargo hold can slack? Do you know about cargo calculating form for USA, Australia, Canada? How do you calculate the grain loading stability? What partied of inspection for loading grain in USA?

8. Do you have any experience for log cargo loading in Australia, New Zealand, and USA? What is the procedure of loading logs? How do you calculate the GM of log cargo? How do you understand the weight of the log cargo already loading on board?

A:  1). Heavy cargo to be loaded in cargo hold,  close stowing cargo to avoid broken space in hold.  2). Deck cargo to be loaded tidy,  the first wire to be laied and lashed while 4 meter high. To keep tight lashing with chain and lashing wire when completed loading.  3). Choice center of geometry as cargo KG and then calculate GM. Od log cargo.   4). To calculate cargo weight by draft survey frequency. 

9. How do you take note when loading timber in rain? how do you put remark on mate receipt?

  A:  Usually not to loading during rain, in case instruction of charter, LOI is required  Remark: cargo loading during rain as per charter instruction by writing. 

10. What is the jumping loading? What kind of cargo we have to make jumping load?  How do you loading jumping cargo?

  A:  1). cargo to be loaded interval a hold.  2). For very heavy cargo to ensure safe of bending moment and shearing force.  3). To pay attention to the bending moment and shearing force. and loading sequence. 

11. How to do if there is big difference between ship and shore figures by draft surveyor?

A: Put remark on Mate Receipt 

12. What remark to put on mate receipt after loading wetted cargo i.e. coal contaminatewith water?

A:  Ship side no responsibility for quantity of cargo during discharging cargo. 

13. How do you take action when it is raining during loading cargo?

 A: To cease loading and close all hatch cover. 

14. How to deal with cargo damage?

A: To take photo and statement of fact if damaged by stevedores.  Shut out the cargo if heavy damage.  To  put remark on mate receipt 

15. How do you handle original Bill of Lading? What is LOI, how do you handle LOI?

A:  Release cargo if received original one of B/Ls.  Letter of  Insurance.  The LOI must be  approved by ship’s owner, if master want to accept LOI. 

16. What is the importance for C/O’s duty on bulk carrier?

 A:  1). Gm,  bend moment, Shear force and hilling moment  2). Draft survey.   3). Ballast and deballast. 

B. About SMS

1. What is the purpose of SMS?

A: For safety and protect environment 

2. What is your duty and responsibility according SMS?

3. What is ISM code? What does ISM code mean to you?

A: International safety management regulation. C/O is a safety officer on board a vessel.   

4. When will you report to the Master during sailing on open sea or cargo operating?

A:  1). Bad weather, Bad visibility, narrow and shallow channel, heavy traffic, and any doubt oneself during open sea.  2). Short discharging, GM, bend moment, shear force, cargo weight dispute, cargo quantity. Etc 

5. Can you tell me something about safety on board?

A:  Fire fighting, life boat and prevent pollution drill. Enter enclose space Oxygen detection. To  wear safety belt if working high. etc                                                               

6. How do you motivate your crew on board?

A:  Training, meeting , checking, verifying to crew as per SMS and instruction of ship’s owner. Ask for reasonable bonus for crew. 

7. How do you control alcohol on board? Do you conduct announced alcohol test on board?

A:  No one is allowed to disobey the office policy and regulation of IMO. Would conduct alcohol test as per instruction if fit out equipment on board. 

8. Who are in charge of the ship’s Garbage Control onboard?

A:  C/O 

9. What is the purpose of initial audit?

A:  finding of deficiency for crew to make collective action 

10. What is purpose of the external audit? And who will conduct the external audit?

A:  To obtain the SMC ( safety management certificate). Ship class societies officer. 

11. What are the items of annual survey?

A:  Safety construction,  Safety Equipment,  Safety Radio,  International Load Line,  IOPP,   International Tonnage,   

12. How to test the operation of GMDSS? How do you test DSC and NBDP?

A:  Select test from manual. – individual transfer. And then, receive electron voice from another DSC receiver. 

13. What kind of drills you have in each month and in every three-month interval?

A:  Fire fighting,  Life saving and Oil prevent pollution Drill each month.  Life boat to be launching every 3 months.

C. About ISPS

1. Do you know what is ISPS code? When does it become enforced?

A:  Regulation of International ship and port facility security.  It become enforced on 1st Jul 2004. 

2. In case of complete of the ISPS, what is the first?

A:  Implementation 3 months for internal and external audit and then, to obtain ship security certificate. 

3. What is the priority in case of Security and Safety?

A:  Anyhow, the safety is first. 

D. About Navigation

What is the meaning of blind section? (Radar) 

A:  The area hindered by Shipboard caused Radar Wave can not reach.