BD Deck Officer Class 2 (Chief Mate) case studies
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The Bangladesh Deck Officer Class 2 Certificate of Competency - commonly called the Chief Mate CoC - moves a navigating officer from watchkeeping into the senior ranks. A holder is expected to cover for the master in routine matters: planning an ocean passage, supervising a cargo loading sequence, working out stability and hull-stress figures before ballast is shifted, and taking charge when a fire, collision or abandon-ship decision must be made. The BD Deck Officer Class 2 (Chief Mate) case studies are 5 cases and about 4,917 words.
1Bar crossing with a marginal tidal window
MV Elmhaven, a 22,000 gt general cargo ship, is inbound to the estuary port of San Rafael with a mean draft of 8.40 m on an even keel. The bar has a charted depth of 6.5 m below chart datum over its shallowest 300 m.
988 words, about 5 min2Container with a doubtful verified gross mass
MV Nordkap, a 4,250 TEU container ship, is loading at a transhipment terminal in Southeast Asia. The planner has prepared bay 14, a deck stow at the forward end of the ship, as six tiers of 40-ft boxes.
963 words, about 5 min3Five degrees of list after loading: loll or something else
MV Coralie, a 7,800 t displacement general cargo ship with a breadth of 18.0 m, has completed loading at berth. The loading computer gives KM 7.20 m, KG 6.95 m and an upright condition.
973 words, about 5 min4Hold fire with an oxidiser in the stow
MV Kestrel Bay, a container ship, is 800 nm from the nearest SAR unit at 0340 when the fixed fire detection system alarms for No.2 cargo hold. Smoke is issuing from the hold's ventilation louvres and there is a strong smell of chlorine.
1,048 words, about 5 min5Typhoon on the track ahead
A general cargo ship is at 16°00'N 128°00'E, steering 070° at 14 knots, bound for a port to the east. The barometer reads 1004 hPa and has fallen 3.2 hPa in the last three hours.
945 words, about 5 min