[21/05, 13:30] Oways Books: 21.05.2025 External : Sharda Internal: Azad Duration: 25 mins Noida Attempt 2nd Background bulk carrier Received link at 1030 Azad wasn't there and shards atarted immediately after introduction 1 ms act section 89,95,214,208, could answer 95, rest answered 2 grounding and beaching action grounding answered 3 Japan coast difference in mandatory and voluntary routing not answered 4 solas chapter 5 reg 33 and vts reg 5 open sea factors affect vessel answered wind and cureent 6 bulk carrier damage stability answered requirements 7 ms act danger msg master obligation answered 8 grain stability criteria Answered 9 manoeuvre information circular and info available he wanted imo circular no I cudnt recollect 10 coal loading hazards answered 11 ice navigation hazard answered 12 which satellite imo has recognised recently answered iridium 13 stcw amendment answered 14 ms act amendment answered 15 legalise master and docs as per 208 answered 16 occupational health and safety as per which convention answered 17 polar code as per which convention answered 18 how master impose fines cudnt answer 19 rudder cycling answered 20 emergency stop button use and what it does answered 21 master standing orders as per which regulations or convention answered only as per ism 22 ism element 5 answered 23 criteria for seaman to work onboard answered half 24 how to get free pratique not answered 25 risk assessment main 2 elements 26 ms act amendment answered 27 sof importance cudnt answer much 28 bill of lading as per which act not answered 29 esp amendment answered 30 certificate onboad as per which circular answered 31 what is written on back of bill of lading not answered 32 requirement of general emergency alarm as per which regulations not answered 33 cbd port bow 3 points action roc exists answered 34 anchor holding factors :not happy 35 quarterly listing contents cudnt answer much And many more The moment he hears what he wants to hear he jumps to next question. It's too fast with him. When he was about to finish Capt Azad appeared on screen and asked how was his performance Capt sharda said scored 30 marks only. Capt Azad asked written result and Attempt number and asked to prepare again. [21/05, 21:19] +91 77093 60346: 21.05.2024 Mmd Kolkata Internal Capt Nitin mukesh External Capt Baweja Container Link received at 1035 Oral started 1100 approx 25 mins 1. Take over as master 2.latest isgot ammendments 3. After grounding methods to refloat 4.Mlc title 5 5.Ro code 6.ror cards Trawler day card Safe water mark Ram dredger night card (he wants to hear word by word) 7.vgm 8.diffrenve between flag state inspection and psc inspection Internal came at 1900 1. Cic code 2. Target Right ahead coming down , one ram overtaking from stbd side action 3. Ch off family joining at anchorage what all checks 4. Air cushion card 5.mlc latest ammendments 6.lof latest form and changes 6. Isps code ammendments 7. [22/05, 11:29] Oways Books: Date: 21/05/2025 Inter: Capt Daniel Joseph Ext. Ravindra Sagar Name- Kartikay Awasthi Result - Pass Attempt - 2 Recieved link around 1045 LT , then all candidates were asked to wait in lobby . Around 1115 LT orals started by external. After asking which type of ships to which I answered as chemical tankers. 1. You will take over command on an Indian ship which is a chemical tanker how will you go about it. 2. What all certificates will you have on that ship 3. Fire fire fighting requirements on a chemical tanker 4. For MLC what all certificates will you check 5. Wreck convention , as per MS ACT which chapter contents of wreck and salvage chapter 6. Salvage convention 7. How LOF gets connected with salvage convention 8. Explain Article 13 , 14 and scopic 9. Difference between MS act and MS rules 10. How MS rule make MS act functional I'm reality answer with examples 11. Ship recycling Act 12. Others act other than MS ACT and ship recycling act. 13. Certificates related to ship recycling. 14. P&I what all loss does it covers. 15. Class is as per which section of solas 16. Certificate of registry who issues it and why is it issued. Lot of cross questioning in between these questions it was more of a healthy discussion with him he is gem of a person makes you very comfortable gives you time to answer and think for answers. Then I was asked to wait in lobby and wait for result from Capt Daniel. Around 1630 LT in evening Capt Daniel along with external appeared . 1. What type of ships 2. Survival capability for your ship 3. GBS 4. RO code 5. CSR 6. MS act explain chapter V and Chapter XI in detail 7. Under water survey Then golden words you are ok from our side , be a good officer and welcome to the club. Thanks everyone for your support. I was lucky both surveyors were good and practical. Best of luck to everyone. [22/05, 18:26] Oways Books: MMD: Kolkata Internal: Manhas External: Panigrahi Attempt: 2 Background: LNG carrier Received link at 8am itself from Capt Manhas. Orals started at 10am. Straight away by Capt Panigrahi: 1. Content of IGC code (didn't give word to word but a general description of most of the chapters) 2. MSDS data of methane (told generic contents like physical, chem properties, hazards, first aid measure) 3. Density of methane (0.440 t/m3) 4. Molecular weight of methane (I didn't know this. He shouted at me saying what kind of c/o are you, how are you doing calculation. I told LNG doesn't need molar weight for calculation.) Ans is 16.04 g/mol. 5. How to calculate Molar weight (wasn't able to ans, he sneered saying 12th mein science padha tha ki nahi). Ans - it's the sum of the weight of all atoms in a molecule. 6. Content of Solas Ch 9 (Here he specifically wanted to know about reg 6: verification & control) 7. Content of Solas Ch 12 (could only tell name of chapter & 1st 4 regulations) 8. Damage stability criteria for gas tanker (told him it's as per deterministic method. First stated the damage assumption & then the survival criteria). Regulation as per IGC are: 2.3, 2.5, 2.7 9. Damage stability criteria for bulk carriers (Answered as per ILLC for type B ships. He crossed question saying type A nahi hota ILLC mein? I replied type A is for ships carrying liquid cargo like tankers, their damage stability is as per Marpol Annex 1 Reg 28, not as per ILLC. He finally seemed satisfied). 9a. What is difference between damage stability of tanker & bulk carriers (angle of heel due to asymmetric flooding is 25, max 30 for tanker & 15, max 17° for bulk) 10. What are type A & type B ships 11. Performance standard of VDR (as per Res A 333) 12. What you know about shipping casualty (started as per MSA Part 12 - then described each section from 358 onwards. By the time I reached section 366 he changed question). 13. What is NAP (told him as per MSA sec 342 foreign ships need to appeal to chief surveyor of GOI within 30 days. He then said - bas itna hi, one line mein answer. So explained him in detail starting from consular officer given report of detention order & continued till end). 13a. Which circ states about PSC (told as per MSC 1185 & MSN 2 of 2015, briefly told him content of circ). 14. What all conventions in Part IX (answered safety cert as per 299,299A,300, 301. Then 316 for load line. He asked bas itna hi. I told in part IX itna hi hai, but part IXB 344J ISPS is there. Then he changed question) 15. VHM, how to calc (gave definition, then stated it's mentioned in grain stability booklet in tabular or graph format for partial & filled compartment, talked a bit of void space. Still he wasn't satisfied. Again asked what's the formula. Told him it's product of volume of shift of grain with distance between the initial & final centre of gravity). 16. VGM (shipper to give data of weight of container to vsl & terminal after 1st July 2016 onwards. And the 2 methods of calculating it) 17. Heel due to turn (told him about couple created due to centripetal & centrifugal force. He specifically wanted to know where these forces are acting. On centre of gravity & centre of buoyancy. Then gave the formula). 18. Wind heeling criteria (started as per IS code Part A Ch 2.3. then gave him all the angle of heels description, area B Reqmnt & formula for LW1 & LW2, also for which vsl's they apply - psngr/cargo ship of 24m length, administration may require it got fishing vsl of 45m length or more) 19. What training cert as per polar code (I didn't know the ans but kinda bluffed saying it's reqd as per solas ch14, stcw 5. Then stated they need training for tougher navigation condition such as ice. He was expressionless as usual). Later checked ans is "certificate for basic & advanced training for polar ships. Basic reqd for nav watchkeeping officer, advanced for mate/master. 20. Quote rule 8 (by the time I reached 8e he changed question) 21. 5 types of cards:sv, ram & some other 22. LLMC as per which section of MSA (told him Part XA, sec 352A,B. Then was about to tell him limits he changed ques) 23. Manouvering characteristics of last vsl (told him the advance, transfer, tactical dia values, no. of shackles, time for steering from hard over to hard over, stopping distance for crash astern & stopping engine) 24. DG cargo loss reporting (mentioned circ number A851.20, Solas Ch 7 & then stated master needs to inform nearest coast state, ships in the vicinity & flag state. Flag will then inform IMO as per module in Gisis). 25. CO2 bottle maintenance: couldn't recall the circular no. So just gave a brief description of monthly/annual/intermediate/renewal checks. He then asked bottle pressure, told him I can't recall but I have studied it. Again he shouted saying you are useless, how can you not know. I told our ship doesn't have CO2 system. 26. Pressure on N2 pilot cylinder for DCP (as I'm on gas carrier): 150 bar. 27. Cyber security: Couldn't quote any circ number. Just gave generic answer on the basis of what we do on ship. He then asked me to log out & wait. Internal came around 1pm: told capt. Panigrahi has passed you. Then asked me which attempt, which company & type of ship. Then told I'll ask one question - what is critical line of dilution. While I was half way explaining he told you can log out. There were some more questions that I can't recall. While post them as I rmbr. Many thanks to this group & all its members. [22/05, 19:12] Oways Books: Mmd: Noida Attempt: 1st absent, 2nd attempt Ext: capt. Sagar Int: capt Aazad Result: Fail Questions: Checked my CDC and verified my indos 1. What type of vessels sailed on? 2. ⁠Why absent in last attempt 3. ⁠as a master how you will take over? 4. ⁠what all certificates to carry and from where you can check list of certificates. 5. ⁠What certificates you carry as per Chapter V, VI, VII And MARPOL Annex VI 6. ⁠What all acts , other than Ms- Act, as per Indian constitution are related to shipping. 7. ⁠difference between MS-Act and MS- rules. After this they both said prepare more for next time. Gave condolences for my father and said don’t worry and dishearten. Try next time. 👍🏻 [23/05, 13:11] Oways Books: Int capt darokar Ext capt shardha Time 40mins 2nd attempt Result fail Verified docs and started rapid fire as per his sets. Almost all ques as per set What effect does upwelling current have on vessel new ques. Forces acting on ship at open sea-not happy with wind n waves How to check wind from prognosis chart Kyoto protocol what it js as per which convention Actions in beaching. He wants to hear in sequence Not in random order. Trs 1 2 3 rule in detail. Not basic info Got in details with tribunal word. Hazards of nav in polar region. Ice patrol. Ror situation nuc 2point on bow in open sea- action Started with action ss per rule number. He said did i ask rule? just give action Rule is for 2nd mate candidate. All other ques mostly from sets cant recall. Later asked to wait in lobby. After half hr capt darokar came and asked how it went. Shardha told u r prepared well, but need more for master level Darokar said come next time.