L01/2

Question 1

What is tacit acceptance?

Answer 1

-Members are informed on the amendment and the date set for it to come into force.
-Members should only contact the IMO if they wish to object to the amendments.
-Does not require member states to formally accept the amendments.

Question 2

What is explicit acceptance?

Answer 2

Combination of:
-Certain number of member states must explicitly accept the amendments.
-Certain percentage of the members gross tonnage must explicitly accept the amendments.

Question 3

What is a statutory instrument?

Answer 3

-Secondary legislation made by the government under the powers of an act of parliament.
-over 3000 are published each year.

Question 4

What is an MSN?

Answer 4

-Contain mandatory information, in some cases related to an SI
-(White)

Question 5

What is an MGN?

Answer 5

-Provides advice and guidance information.
-(blue)

Question 6

Where can the statutory requirements for the carriage of ‘M’ notices?

Answer 6

-SOLAS chapters II-2 and 5.
-Annex 3.

Question 7

What is the territorial sea of state?

Answer 7

-A band of sea, bordering a coastal state’s baseline.
-12 nautical miles from the baseline.

Question 8

What is a contiguous zone?

Answer 8

A zone bounding a coastal states territorial sea, giving them control over:
-Prevent infringement of customs, fiscal, immigration.
-Punish infringement.

Question 9

What is an archipelagic state?

Answer 9

-A state made from a group of islands including interconnecting waters and other natural features

Question 10

What is archipelagic waters?

Answer 10

-Waters that are established for mid-ocean archipelagic states.
-Similar to territorial seas.
-Includes traditional fishing grounds and for other legitimate activities.

Question 11

What are archipelagic sea lanes?

Answer 11

Sea lanes designated in accordance with UNCLOS article 51.

Question 12

what is a continental shelf?

Answer 12

The underwater land extending from the coastline of a coastal State to the margin.

Question 13

What are the benefits to a coastal sate of establishment?

Answer 13

-The wright to the minerals and non-living resources within the sea bed.
-Wrights to oil and gas production.
-Control over mining and resource extraction and can impose licences and receive loyalties.

Question 14

What boundary limits does UNCLOS set for the continental shelf?

Answer 14

-350 nautical miles from the coastline.
-100 nautical miles form the continental areas shallower than 2500 meters below sea level.

Question 15

what is an exclusive economic zone (EEZ)?

Answer 15

-Zone beyond and adjacent of the States territorial sea.
-State has duties of the zones natural resources such as fishing, oil, windfarms, gas and minerals. also have the capacity to lease out the resources.

Question 16

What are the duties of a flag state under UNCLOS?

Answer 16

-Effectively exercise jurisdiction and control in admin, technical and social matters over ships flying its flag?
-Maintain a register of its ships wherever they are.
-Make sure ships flying its flag comply with Inter Alia: construction and seaworthiness, safe manning and labour conditions, training and accounting for any international agreements (STCW, ILO).

Question 17

What is flag state control?

Answer 17

-Enforcement of national and international regulations and codes on board the nations ships.
-Is enforced wherever the vessel may be.
-If a flag state control is unable to enforce it or are unwilling to, this legislation can also be enforced by the port state.

Question 18

What is port state?

Answer 18

The nation state in whose port a vessel is present.

Question 19

What is port state administration?

Answer 19

-Department or agency of a port state’s government with the responsibility for control of vessels in port.
-MCA, AMSA, US coastguard.

Question 20

What is the port state control regime operating in Europe?

Answer 20

The Paris Memorandum of Understanding (Paris MoU).

Question 21

What is the new inspection regime under the Paris MoU?

Answer 21

Inspections are conducted under risk based targeting mechanism that rewards quality shipping with a smaller inspections and focus on the high-risk ships.

Question 22

How are ships selected for inspection in the new inspection regime?

Answer 22

-Every vessel visiting the Paris MoU region port will have a risk profile determining the ships eligibility for an inspection.
-All ships will at some point be inspected.

Question 23

What is considered when determining the risk profile for a vessel?

Answer 23

-Ship type.
-Ship age.
-performance of the flag state.
-Performance of the recognized organisation.
-Performance of the company and ISM management.
-Number of deficiencies and detentions.

Question 24

What are the categories of inspection in the Paris MoU inspection regime?

Answer 24

-Periodic inspection (will be expanded if a high risk vessel or a ship over 12 years old)
-Additional inspection triggered by overriding or unexpected factors depending of the severity.

Question 25

What is ship classification?

Answer 25

The development, setting and application of technical standards/rules for ship design, construction and maintenance.

Question 26

what is the purpose of a classification society?

Answer 26

-Requirement hull and machinery insurers, P&I clubs, ship financers and cargo insurers. -Class linked with statutory certification. -Act on behalf of a flat state. -Important in ship sale.

Question 27

What types of surveys are carried out by a classification society?

Answer 27

-Annual -Intermediate -Docking -Special

Question 28

What is examined in a docking survey?

Answer 28

-Shell, bottom and bow plating. -Keel -Stern, stern frame and rudder. -Rudder and rudder bearings. -Propulsion -Anodes -Sufficiency on oil glands.

Question 29

What certificates do the classification society issue ships that are classed by them?

Answer 29

-Certificate of class covering hull and machinery. -Interim certificates of class.

Question 30

Which classification societies are members of the international association?

Answer 30

-Lloyds Register (LR) -Bureau Veritas (BV) -China classification Society (CCS) -American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

Question 31

What are the secondary marine functions of major classification societies?

Answer 31

-Statutory surveys on behalf of the flag state administration. -ISM audits. -ISPS.

Question 32

What it is included in the Seafarer Employment Agreement (SEA)?

Answer 32

-Full name and address of the ship owner. -The place where the agreement is entered into. -The date on which the agreement is entered into. -The capacity in which the seafarer is to work. -If the agreement has been made for a definite period and termination date. -The health and social security protection benefits to be provided to the seafarer by the shipowner.

Question 33

What happens when a seafarer signs onto a new vessel?

Answer 33

-Seafarers certificates and documents must be checked. -Seafarers details must be entered into the crew list. -Seafarer between 16-18 should be put on the 'list of young persons'. -An entry made in narrative pages of the OLB.

Question 34

What happens when a seafarer is leaving the vessel?

Answer 34

-Voyage description. -Date and place of the seafarers discharge. -Capacity in which the seafarer has been employed on the ship. -Ships name, port of registry, gross or registered tonnage and official number. -Information entered into the discharge book and returned to seafarer. -All documents returned to seafarer.

Question 35

How is an ISM internal audits carried out?

Answer 35

-Carried out by company qualified auditors. -As per the procedure and at the periods highlighted in the company's SMS (once every 12 months).

Question 36

How is an ISM external audit carried out?

Answer 36

Company - Annually by the same organisation who issued the DOC. Ships - Twice every 5 years during the validity of SMC. Additional (interim) audits/verifications may be carried out as deemed necessary.

Question 37

What is a non conformity?

Answer 37

An activity onboard which is not in accordance with the procedures stipulated in the SMS.

Question 38

What is a special area?

Answer 38

An area which adopts mandatory methods for prevention of sea pollution due to technical reasons such as oceanographical and ecological condition.

Question 39

What are the discharge regulations for within 50 miles form land?

Answer 39

No discharge except clean or segregated ballast.

Question 40

What are the discharge regulations for more than 50 miles form land and outside special area?

Answer 40

-Clean segregated ballast. -Discharge less than 1/30,000 of cargo carried. -If an ODME in slop tanks are available.

Question 41

What are the discharge regulations for within a special area?

Answer 41

No discharge except clean or segregated ballast.

Question 42

What conditions may a 400GT + ship discharge machinery space bilge water outside Special Areas?

Answer 42

-Proceed on route. -Oil not diluted less than 15ppm. -(Tankers) Bilge water does not come from pump room bilges or mixed with residue. -Ship and ODME or oil filtering equipment.

Question 43

What conditions may a ship less than 400GT discharge machinery space bilge water outside Special Areas?

Answer 43

-Proceed on route. -Oil not diluted less than 15ppm. -(Tankers) Bilge water does not come from pump room bilges or mixed with residue. -Ship and ODME or oil filtering equipment. -Have means to store oily water.

Question 44

What conditions may a 400GT + ship discharge machinery space bilge water inside a special area except Antarctica?

Answer 44

-Proceed on route. -Oil not diluted less than 15ppm. -(Tankers) Bilge water does not come from pump room bilges or mixed with residue. -Ship and ODME or oil filtering equipment (with alarm and auto stop). -Have means to store oily water.