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EM5-Manage Fuel and Ballast Operations

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Every ship above 400 tons gross shall be provided with tank(s) of adequate capacity to receive oily residues or sludges such as those resulting from ....The source image is unavailable.

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  • 1) heavy fuel oil purification leakages, lantern and scavenge spaces leakages and drainages from engines.
  • 2) lubricating purification and crankcase leakages from machinery and stern tube leakages.
  • 3) diesel oil leakages from purification, main and auxiliary engine fuel leakages.
  • 4) All oil leakages in the engine room inclusive of these.✓ Correct answer
For ships not fitted with a sludge burning incinerator, the sludge tank capacity shall be directly proportional to ....The source image is unavailable.

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  • 1) the size of the vessel.
  • 2) the total horse power (or kWatt) generated in the engine room.
  • 3) the amount of fuel purified for daily consumption times the maximum period between voyage ports.✓ Correct answer
  • 4) the number of purifiers fitted on board times the maximum range of the ship.
Written information must be available each time bunkering operations are carried out. This should include information about reporting oil spills and provide contact details for which of these organisations?Question illustration

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  • 1) II, III, IV, VI, VIII, IX✓ Correct answer
  • 2) I, II, III, VI, VII, VIII
  • 3) I, III, IV, V, VIII, IX
  • 4) III, IV, V, VI, VII, IX
What will cause the oil/water interface in this centrifugal separator to move outwards from its correct position?Question illustration

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  • 1) An increase in the oil flow rate.
  • 2) A decrease in the viscosity of the oil.
  • 3) An increase in the temperature of the oil.
  • 4) An decrease in the temperature of the oil.✓ Correct answer
Written information must be available each time a ship carries out bunkering operations. This information must include the following....Question illustration

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  • 1) the specific gravity of the oil and the level at which bunker tanks are to be closed.
  • 2) the ventilation and overflow system of each tank and the bunker rate in tons per hour.
  • 3) the procedures for topping off tanks and the bunker slow down rate.
  • 4) the bunkering rates, procedures for topping off tanks and the level at which bunker tanks are to be closed.✓ Correct answer

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