It is my pleasure to hand over the vessel to your good care, with the

following brief notes for your information and guidance.

Hope these notes assist you in getting you familiarized with the vessel.
These notes are divided in to various sections in an order which may be
convenient for you to go through. Items of a general nature which are a
normal practice of good seamanship may not reflect in these notes and are
understood to be followed as a general practice. All information is not
contained herein and a complete set will be handed over to you upon your
arrival.
Vessel's operation and performance / maintenance status - deck / bridge
equip. dk. mc. including crane / accommodation.
Inspection status - ballast tanks , fresh water tanks , void spaces
Zonal maintenance on board wrt painting
Deck stores / spares / paints / tools /maintenance equipment / sopep
inventory. Pls mention store area wise.
Status of mooring ropes / wire ropes
Status of guarantee claims as applicable
Bunkering and sopep status
Deck crane typical problems crane wise and status
Inventory of accommodation / galley / medicine
Defect list and the difficulties encountered with proposed remedial
action
LSA FFA maintenance status
BRIDGE & NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE STATUS
VESSELS OPERATION AND PERFORMANCE / MAINTENANCE STATUS
A) VESSEL'S PERFORMANCE:
Also like other bulkers of her size she tends to dip by the head while
underway due to her block coefficient.
Permanent bunker capacities (100%) : FO 2036.54 mt/ DO 120.42 mt. Port
consumption per 24hrs idle (mt) : FO: 4mt (with no cranes working) &
FO: 6mt (with all 4 cranes working) At sea she consumes abt 35mt. The
bunker tanks are situated between 3 & 5 cargo holds, if the voyage
consumption is from these tanks during the voyage, ensure you finish the
vessel with a slight sag of about 3-5 cms to make up for the hog that
will be created during the voyage due to bunker consumption and fresh
water generation, in order to have an accurate draft survey at the
disport. Failure to do this will land up the vessel with a Hog of around
7 cms.
Consumption of bunkers lifts the vessel almost bodily furnishing it with a
slight stern trim. Regarding the final loading please be guided by
circular CIR/TECH/005/12 for TRIM OPTIMISATION & SAVING BUNKER COST
which basically states to finish the vessel at as even keel as possible
such that during sailing the vessel should sail at even keel to maximize
bunker efficiency .
Keep the trim as minimum as possible to arrive safely to the discharge port.
Having said this please adhere to the draft restriction if any at the
discharge port.
This voyage we were advised to go at ECO speed as the bunker prices are
soaring hence we have kept RPM at 113. And consuming around 30 MT/day.
B) VESSEL'S OPERATION
Owners of the vessel Full speed shipping.
Operators- Stellar ocean transport llc,dubai
Vessel was built at STX DALIAN SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD CHINA & delivered on 11
March 2011 at Dalian shipyard.

She is a relatively new geared bulk carrier 190m long and 32.26m wide
displacing 67795.5Mt at her summer draft of 13.02m. She is classified by
ABS, and has successfully completed her 1st annual survey in China on
24/03/12.
The vessel has 5 self trimming holds built I n accordance with the latest
regulations, having ship structure access, (the manual is in your cabin.)
Her guarantee period has expired on 11/03/2012.
She is classified as ABS , +A1 (E) Bulk Carrier,ESP,CSR,AB-CM,BC-A(Holds 2&4
may be empty), S,+ACCU, TCM, CPS, UWILD, BWE,RRDA,CRC,RW,
The vessels lifting gear comprises of 4 electro hydraulic deck cranes, 2
bunker davits, one on either side (SWL 0.5T) One provision davit on the
port bridge wing SWL 2T
She usually plies between SOUTH EAST ASIA, INDIA AND PERSIAN GULF.
Voyage instructions are received from SOT office followed by detailed
instruction from charterers. If there is any discrepancy between the two
please inform it to the master immediately. I have made a deadweight
calculation spreadsheet which includes all details from density adjustments
to cargo uplift, stowage plan, and bunker consumption. I will show you
once you are on board. All my calculations are in that file and for every
voyage there is a separate folder which includes all the activities, draft
surveys, charter party, correspondence for that voyage. Its upto your
disposal to use it or calculate manually. Of course I too counter check it
manually. Please involve, & keep the master closely updated regarding
your calculations.
The present plan is to discharge the cargo to obtain a draft of 12.0m at
anchorage and then proceed alongside where the rest of the cargo will be
discharged. ETA Kandla is 03/1000 lt. Cargo will be discharged by ships
gears both alongside and at anchorage. The port is tidal and hence it will
depend on the tide as to which day we can go in.
Poop deck quarters painted.
Gangway areas spot chipped and painted.
Ships hull spot touched up black above the summer loadline and
antifouling area till 8 metres draft. Area remaining to paint is from port
side of hold 5 to port quarter.
Fire line and fire hose boxes.
The full main deck and hatch covers have been spot chipped painted and
stenciled. The cross decks and areas of the holds within the cross decks
are remaining . Already we have started from the forward cross deck
between hold one and the forepeak store.
For detailed description please refer to the Sot/FO/11 form sent to the
company on a monthly basis.
All ventilators, dampers are checked monthly, and maintained as
required. Sounding caps, pipes and hold water tightness are intact. Draft
marks have been recently painted. CO2 smoke detection system has been
checked during annual survey by blowing smoke into the system sensor on
25/03/2012, recently when we had ballasted hold 3 we found water in the
sensor which was later rectified by E/O.
At Indonesia we get a good opportunity to do shipside maintenance please
use the opportunity to carry out the same.
There was a crack recently found on the conduit pipe junction box abreast the
cross deck of holds 3 & 4. It has been repaired.

The sounding pipes pass through the holds which have to be inspected for
damages before loading & after discharging.
The ventilation system is natural.
There are 3 PMA manholes to every hold this is as per the ship structure
access manual. There are 3 ladders in the inside of each holds located on
the hoppers to enable thorough check of Ships structure.
During every hold cleaning ensure the WIAS sensors are free of cargo to
enable activation of alarms.
Monthly test of alarms can be carried out using a magnet put on the
sensor of the WIAS
located in the duct keel. Both alarms can be tested from there. LAST
TEST WAS
CARRIED OUT ON 28/04/2012 .
There had been a problem with the NO.5 CH sensor but now it has been
rectified and is now working satisfactory. The problem was electrical
in nature & has now been solved. The main console is Located on the
wheel house on the aft bulkhead of the chart room from
where the alarm can be acknowledged and overridden in the case of no.3
hold being used as the ballast hold.
The cargo securing manual is under the masters custody.
Top up the ballast hold every time it slackens to avoid extensive
sloshing.
The temperature pipes are situated at the fwd and aft end for holds 1 & 2
only the rest are situated aft.
Co2 ports are checked after every cubic cargo discharge and are cleared
if clogged. Hold 3 has a valve system to present the water from getting
into the CO2 line when in ballast mode. PLEASE ENSURE IT IS SHUT WHEN
BALLASTING THE HOLD.
When closing the holds, Ensure all the rest pads and rolling and pitching
stoppers are greased well prior closing.
All drain plugs are blown through with compressed air and checked with a
bottle of water, before closing the holds after loading.
Bosun and duty a/bs are instructed not to close the holds without
cleaning of the track ways. Each hatch cover has gas sampling points to
draw the sample during coal loading. Maintenance of the hatch pumps is
done by the c/e.
The underside frames of the hatch covers have started getting rust
weepings. This is the next job in hand; access is easy by climbing on
the frames, the next available opportunity this needs to be looked into.
The hatch cover pump has a temperature setting and if run for too long
will trip at 8o degrees.
Each hatch cover has and emergency stop button situated on the stbd
side to stop the operation in an emergency. It has been tried out
during my tenure and found satisfactory. In case the pump doesnt start
please check all 5 buttons for activation as if ANY ONE IS ALSO pressed
then the pump will not start.
The system is working fine. Line filter is cleaned as per schedule
(monthly).{BY 2/E} There has been a leakage from one of the line valves
and we had received a spare valve. We have raised a requisition for
spare hoses for the hydraulic line.
The QACs are free and are to be ohauled periodically.
Some of the stoppers have a tendency of going back to the lock position
once turned over for opening please exercise caution while opening the
holds, to check the same.

BRIDGE & NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE STATUS: All bridge equipments

are in good condition.
2/o maintains the same .
There is a drawer for C/o on bridge.
Vessel is fitted with JRC equipments which are user friendly, and once you
are on board you will be familiarized with their operation.
Vessel is fitted with Fleet77 And Fleet Broad Band for communication and
distress purposes. Installation of BNWAS is supposedly to be done .
Office will come back upon its installation in the near future.
The installation points will be as approved by the office.
The location of the SSAS will be shown to you during the time of hand
over.
The vessel has a networking/LAN system installed and is working fine.
Annual servicing of gyro is due.
The VDR gives an alarm at a particular UTC twice a day.
One lamp of the chart table had broken during my tenure and will be
replaced soon.
A few GCs have been raised by the vessel and are filed in the GC file.
Please go through them once you are on board.
The vessel has 2 GPS .
Charts & publication corrections are done by 2/o & 3/o and they directly
report to the master for the same.
All the main switches are located in front of the control console.
The v/l is bridge controlled and usually we go at 114-115 rpm for matching
the fuel criteria. and achieve a speed of 14kts.
At times the zero synchronization does not occur, so just give Dead slow
ahead and again bring her to stop.
Also when astern movement is given please be advised that during routine
operations let the engine run on dead slow astern for atleast one minute
till the rpm stabilizes before giving slow astern. In case you fail to
comply with the above the slow down is activated which takes around 2~3
seconds to get reset. In scenarios (it happened to us in Minasaqr) where
immediate half astern/ ahead is given ME does not respond. So, a bridge
ahead / astern movement has to be restricted till the slow down
conditions are reset.
There are two computers on bridge. One is used by master for communication
purpose and other one is used by all officers.. ACCOMMODATION BLOCK
MAINTENANCE STATUS.
All accommodation decks, railings, have been spot chipped and primered.
Bridge wing has been given a full coat of paint.
The funnel exhausts are painted on a monthly basis.
The weather tight door locks are freed on a monthly basis.
Hose test of all doors has been carried out and found satisfactory.
All vents and flaps are regularly greased and kept free.
Port side B deck scupper is a design defect and needs additional
clearing.
Ac fresh air intake louvers have been spot chipped and painted.
A few GCs have been raised by the vessel and are filed in the GC file.
Please go
through them once you are on board. ACCOMODATION INTERIOR
MAINTENANCE STATUS
Wax polishing of all accommodation alleyways, common rooms, Offices and
Wheel house to be carried out once in 2 months.
Kraft paper is put before arrival every port.
Upon departure all mats are cleaned with aquatuff and fresh water.
Crew & officer laundries are maintained and kept in a tidy condition.
Weekly thorough cleaning of all bulk heads and accommodation is carried

out.
Please ensure no foreign materials, strictly apart from toilet papers are
flushed down the toilet as it will lead to malfunction of the Sewage
treatment Plant. Crew has been given training on this aspect.
Fresh water pipelines are PVC, hence care has to be taken and checked
frequently for cracks or looseness of clamps or joints due to vibration.
There are 2 spare cabins at the moment, one on b deck crew(5,6) and
another junior1 cabin. Please note the crew (5,6) is used by the foreman
in Indonesia during cargo operations for his stay onboard.
There is a slight puffing on the floor at certain places in the
accommodation.
There is also a deformation in the flooring of the hospital and galley &
gymnasium.
As of now no fresh water leaks have been noticed or found.
C/o cabin blower closing arrangement is not functional, i.e. the blower
cannot be shut. A GC has been raised to that effect.
Please ensure thorough cleaning of the crew changing rooms.
Presently there are no cockroaches or rodents on board. Frequent
fumigation of all spaces will ensure the same. The Ch/ck and G/S are
constantly pestered to maintain it in a good condition.
There are a few floor tiles in the galley missing; we are awaiting white
cement to fix it.
On your routine accommodation rounds please keep a check on expired
items. We were caught in Indonesia for the same.
There are a few minor doable GCs within the accommodation once you are on
board will brief and discuss with you in detail.
LSA FFA maintenance status
All LSA & FFA is being maintained by 3rd officer but under your supervision. I
usually allot him tasks which he fulfils.
Rescue boat davit painted full coat applied.
Fire hose boxes painted and stenciled.
Spot chipped and painted Life boat davit & full coat applied.
Full coat of paint applied on Embarkation ladder stands.
Spot chipped and painted rescue boat cradle.
LSA annual servicing of l/boat, r/boat, davits has been carried out in Feb
2012 at Chennai.
All LSA FFA is in immaculate condition and being maintained.
We do not have an SCBA compressor on board. In order to refill the
bottles in case of emergency. We have to inform office well in advance for
refilling SCBA & EEBD for them to arrange the same.
After I boarded the vessel we had tried out the rescue boat engine with
the drum in place, at that time I had noticed that no cooling water was
coming out of the exhaust nozzle, we had raised a GC for the same. Rescue
boat engine has just been rectified at china. The problem was, the
cooling water pump impeller had burnt out. This occurred because the
engine was started without water prior my joining the vessel. PLEASE
ENSURE THAT THE RESCUE BOAT ENGINE IS STARTED WITH WATER IN THE DRUM AT ALL
TIMES. IT SHOULD BE DONE IN YOUR DIRECT SUPERVISION AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.
The usual practice I am following is during Saturday routines they (3/o &
4/e) should try out the engine after 1600 so that I am on bridge and can
personally monitor the same. A notice has also been place to implement the
same on the r/b engine.
Inspection status - ballast tanks , fresh water tanks , void spaces
SOT/FO/037 is the company's tank inspection form which is duly filled

up as and when required. All the tanks to be completed once in a

year.
Inspections completed for the following tanks:
TANK NAME

DATE CARRIED
OUT

DATE DUE

There are no structural defects noted as such.

There are coating defects as you will see once you go through the
photographs. A gc has been raised for the defects. Jotun experts had
boarded the vessel on 25/03/2012 at Rizhao and their reports are with
the master. According to them the coating was found to be in a
satisfactory condition. ATTACHED PLS FIND THEIR REPORT AS BELOW.
Deck stores / spares / paints / tools /maintenance equipment
Status of mooring ropes / wire ropes
Defect list and the difficulties encountered with proposed remedial
action
DECK STORES / SPARES / PAINTS / TOOLS /MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT / SOPEP
INVENTORY. PLS MENTION STORE AREA WISE.
The inventories of the same will be handed over to you during the handing
over process. They are taken monthly and filed.
You have enough equipment to last you a month.
All the spares are in the mates locker except for hatch cover spares and the
ship structure access equipments which are in the fore peak store.
Sopep locker is designated and has the emg hatch cover pump also.
There is a navigation cum fire locker in the wheelhouse. Obsolete documents
are kept in the linen locker.
Chemical and grease ROB is given to C/E every month.
We presently have 4 machines. The requisition DS-DKSP-12-054 SPARES FOR JET
CHISEL has been received at Singapore this call and the spares renewed.
Now all 4 machines are operational
The existing model of jet chisel on board is some Chinese make called XCD 2.
The spares ordered are basis 2 mm needles.
The major break down is the needle holder & the piston. The holes in the
needle holder are getting wider due to wear and tear. The broken needles
are replaced as deemed necessary.
STATUS OF MOORING ROPES / WIRE ROPES
Kindly refer to the amended company form SOT/FO/054 which is sent to office
on monthly basis. Presently vessel having certificates for all wire/mooring
ropes/lifeboat falls/rescue boat falls, the copies of which are filed and
the originals with Master.
ROPES:
We have 6 ropes forward and 6 ropes aft for mooring stations. One rope is of
a 72 mm diameter used for giving it to the tugs.
All ropes are kept in upon departure port and are removed prior arrival. We
have 2 heaving lines fwd and 2 aft, +1 gentline fwd and aft.
We have recently renewed the gantline for the stage.
I have indented for one also. We have different ropes for wire greasing and

wire renewal.
You have 1 spare manila rope for a pilot ladder.
We have 2 pilot ladders & 2 aluminium draft ladders.
Spare rubber, wooden steps, spreaders and chokes are kept in the fpk store.
There are 2 manropes for pilot ladder.
There is only one set of staunchions and manropes for the pilot assist
ladder. There is one seperate set of staunchions and manropes for the
Gangway.
We have 2 bosun chairs which are in good condition.
We have rope fenders fwd. In addition we also have tyre fenders, which are
used in Indonesia as a cushion to the ship whilst the barge comes and is
alongside the vessel.
THE LATEST SOT/FO/054 is in the month end folder.
Annual surveys. & V.I. report.
Annual survey was carried out by class ABS in Rizhao China and no
deficiencies were reported. There was one matter which is pertaining to
the coating technical file. The ship has been searched and it was not
found. The office is aware of this.
The superintendent inspection was carried out On 25 Jan 2012 . The
frequency is 6 months hence it will be due in june mostly along with the
audit.
DANAOS PMS:
Chief Officer: User Name: choffow09 Password:
choffow09
The company has recently installed a system of Danaos PMS in addition to the
existing SOT / FO / 056 Deck PMS Form
Both need to be filled up.
Danaos is installed on all the computers on board. I usually y use the ships office
one. All msgs./ guidance pertaining to danaos is kept in your e-mail under the
danaos Archive.
2/o & 3/o also need to fill up the Danaos PMS. I update the deck PMS and send
it to the office monthly the danaos needs updating once a week at least there are
many things you can get off danaos. As you read the manual you will get the grip
of it.
The basis on which this PMS works is creating job cards. I create the job cards
weekly and distribute it to the duty officers also. I export the job card in an
excel format and give it to them and they fill it up. Then I import those files
back into the Danaos application.
THE PROCEDURE TO CREATE A JOB CARD IS AS FOLLOWS:
( This is just to get you started. The entire manual is in the folder
\\Chiefengineer\CE Cabin\Danaos Onboard software Manuals)
Double click the danaos icon.
Login using ur id and password.
Click on technical. Click on Onboard reports, jobs scheduling, jobs planning
section.
1.2 Job Card GENERATION (JOBS PLANNING SELECTION)
A. Go to the following path and run report JOBS PLANNING SELECTION.
Hope these notes put you on a splendid start and assist you during your
tenure on board.
WISH YOU A PLEASANT AND SAFE STAY ONBOARD. BON VOYAGE, SAFE SEAS, & FAIR
WINDS.
(Upon receipt of these notes if you have any doubts or need any detail you
can e-mail me on choff.Diamondstar@SkyFile.com & I shall be glad to
assist)