Ch 1-Safe handling and carriages of cargo

Question 1

IMO

Answer 1

International Maritime Organisation

Question 2

MCA

Answer 2

Maritime & Coastguard Agency

Question 3

What are the three types of merchant shipping notices?

Answer 3

MIN, MGN and MSN

Question 4

COSWP

Answer 4

Code Of Safe Working Practices for merchant seafarers

Question 5

Who is COSWP published by?

Answer 5

MCA

Question 6

MIN

Answer 6

Marine Information Notes

Question 7

MGN

Answer 7

Marine Guidance Notes

Question 8

MSN

Answer 8

Merchant Shipping Notices

Question 9

Between MIN, MGN and MSN, which one is legally enforcable?

Answer 9

MSN

Question 10

Neo Panamax

Answer 10

Ships that can transit the expanded locks of the Panama Canal with up to a maximum beam of 49m and 366m length overall

Question 11

Panamax

Answer 11

Container ships above 3,000 20-foot equivalent units with a beam below 33.2m (i.e. the largest size vessels that can tranist the old locks of the Panama canal)

Question 12

Post panamax

Answer 12

Fleets with a capacity greater than 15,000 TEUS include some ships that are able to transit the expanded locks

Question 13

Which five entities do modern shipping regulations, guidelines and practices originate from?

Answer 13

1. IMO
2. National Government bodies
3. Flag states
4. Regional bodies
5. Industry organisations

Question 14

Who is the flag state entity of the UK Ship Register?

Answer 14

MCA

Question 15

What are the three main flag states that nearly half of the worlds DWT is registered to?

Answer 15

Panama, Liberia, Marshall Islands