Question.

Stress is one of the factors affecting the performance of an individual.

Discuss the reason of stress on board ships.

What are the primary strategies for coping with stress effected personnel? How can these elements are best implemented in ships personnel motivating them for better team work.

Discuss fatigue and its various causes and relation with stress. What are the ill effects of fatigue. How u as a c/e deal with that on board ship for personnel working under your direct supervision.

Question.

With reference to surveys carried out by Classification Societies. Explain the following.

Why a class certificate is issued to a newly built ship after satisfactory completion of surveys and sea trials.

What is the purpose of maintaining a class certificate for existing ships as well. Name various statutory certificates that are issued to a vessel after meeting the requirement of SOLAS. Is it necessary to call for a class surveyor attendance after repairs or alteration to ship structure. If so, why. Describe the requirement of initial and periodic survey with respect to load lines.

Question.

Write short notes on any THREE:
A. Lloyd's Open Form 
B. General Average and Particular Average. 
C. Bill of Ladding. 
D. Treaty, Convention and Protocol.

Question.

Discuss the additional risks of bulk carriers and tankers which have necessitated the enhanced survey program for these ship types. State the major requirement of inspection under this programme

Question.

The vessel in which you are the Chief Engineer is about to be laid up for 3 months for commercial reasons. All equipment and machinery on board require to be preserved during the lay-up period for re-commissioning when required. 
Describe the actions you will take as Chief Engineer to prepare the main propulsion diesel engine for preserving during the lay-up period.

Question.

The European Union (EU) Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) regulation requires ship owners and. operators to annually monitor, report and verify C02 emissions for vessels larger than 5,000 GT and which call at any EU port already in force.

Against this background

Explain the salient differences between MRV mandated by EU and the Data Collection and Reporting under MARPOL.

Draft a fleet circular to the vessels under your management, describing the care and procedures to be practiced by the vessels for the compliance of EU MRV regulations and IMO-Data Collection & Reporting respectively.

Question

With reference to large starting air receivers:

Explain where corrosion is likely to occur and state why it occurs in these regions;

State how the incidence of corrosion in air receivers might be minimized;

If serious corrosion is detected in a starting air receiver and that receiver must be used explain how you, as c/Engineer, would determine the maximum pressure to which the receiver should be subjected;

State the further action a ce must take upon discovering such air receiver corrosion.

Question

Marine two stroke slow speed engines are subjected to forces that may influence hull. Explain following with suitable sketches how such influences can be minimized

External unbalanced moments. Guide force moments. Axial vibration in the shaft system. Torsional vibration in the shaft system.

Question

Describe the background and relevance of International convention on civil liability for bunker oil pollution damage 2001.

define the following under bunker convention and explain how they differ from other similar convention such as CLC 92.

Pollution damage. Bunker oil. Time limit for claims. Exclusion.