Using the internet - AMSA website or other sites identify the following and provide
your answers and where you obtained the information:
1. Which type of liquid fuel can be used on Class 2 commercial vessels? Quote the relevant Standard and clause/s.

2. You have received a request to survey a vessel which currently holds a Certificate of Survey for a cargo vessel over 10m in length (it is not a fishing vessel or a Domestic Commercial Vessel). Referring to Marine Order 31,
• what operational systems must be inspected?
• Which marine order sets out the criteria?
• List 3 items to be inspected for each system.
• What does the ISM Code require the owner to provide?

 

3. What is the frequency and depth of inspection necessary for the LPG system fitted on a houseboat operating commercially on the Murray River in NSW?

4. What is the depth and frequency of inspection of an Australian Regulated vessel of 350 gross tonnes operating between Australia and Indonesia as a container ship?

 

5. Identify the expected operational system changes for a 20 m steel vessel wanting to upgrade from Class 3C (4 crew) to 2B (10 Passengers and 2 crew). It
is fitted with 2 x 300 KW 1500 RPM engines, 2.5:1 gearboxes, 800 mm propellers and 88 mm Stainless Steel 316 (UTS 570 MPA) propeller shafts with dry exhausts.

6. What maintenance records would expect to see on a commercial sailing vessel with 12/240V electrical system, gas cooking appliances and fitted with an
inboard diesel engine? Where would you find the requirement for an owner /operator to keep these records?

 

7. An operator of a new 1C day cruise steel vessel with two inboard diesel engines of 400 KW each wants to renew the structural fire protection material in the
engine room as part of refurbishment. Accommodation space is on top of the engine room. Identify the fire category of the vessel and the required rating for the SFP material. Vessel particulars are- Length 20 m, Breadth 5 m, 35 passengers, 3 crew, no galley, no sleeping berths, and no escape routes.

8. An operator asks you for advice regarding his vessel's bilge system. He wants to renew all piping and valves in the bilge system but is not able to source new screw down non return (SDNR) valves. He asks you if he can replace the SDNR valves with angle globe valves, since they look alike and would fit. What do you suggest and why?

 

9. During out of water inspection of a 1D passenger vessel, you find that the rudder has been extended by 300 mm as evident from recent welding marks. The owner's representative is not aware of the modification. Is the modification allowed? Explain your reasoning.

10. You inspect a small aluminium runabout with a single 75 HP outboard engine. However, the certificate of survey indicates a 60 HP engine. What do you do?

 

11. Identify the capacity requirements for the emergency electrical system of a 1C,24 metre vessel and the items the emergency system should power. Confirm which areas should be illuminated by emergency lighting, if applicable.

12. Owner of a new 20 m 2D vessel with the following particulars has contacted you to advise him the anchor and cable requirements since his vessel recently lost
its anchor. He wants to use a high holding power anchor and has 150 m of 24 mm nylon rope on the vessel and wants to use it if he can.

Vessel particulars follow: The vessel has a displacement hull, vessel Displacement 100 tonnes, Max Speed 10 knots, Max depth of water = 20 m, Height of deckhouse above loaded waterline 3 m. Please respond with all steps for the calculation, quoting the standard

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1 Class 2 commercial vessels can use diesel fuel The relevant standard for this information is the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk I... View the full answer