Port State Control Inspection Preparation: Deficiencies, Detainable Items, Documentation and the Walk-Through with 280 Practice Questions

A port state control officer is verifying one thing: that the ship is substantially as her certificates describe her. Everything about how an inspection proceeds follows from that, including why the first fifteen minutes >Sixteen chapters cover the regime and how ships are targeted, the documentary file, the walk-through and the logic of the route, how deficiencies are recorded and coded, what makes a finding detainable, and how a deficiency is actually closed. The subject chapters go through fire safety, lifesaving appliances, navigation and the bridge, machinery and pollution equipment, and crew and >WHAT IS INSIDE 280 multiple-choice questions: 240 chapter questions plus a 40-question practice >Complete answer keys for both, with 72 explained answers for the ones that most >4 worked inspection scenarios 8 clear technical diagrams Examination preparation, a revision checklist built from every chapter, and >A 15-term glossary and a quick reference section WHO IT IS FOR Masters, chief engineers and officers responsible for inspection readiness, and anyone preparing for examinations covering compliance and enforcement. Written for people who want to know why an inspector does what they do rather than only what to have ready.