The ________ is responsible for coordinating and controlling the daily activities of the terminal.
Definition
Terminal Manager
Term
Regularly employed longshoremen are often referred to as __________.
Definition
Steady Men
Term
The _________ assemble cargo and hooks the load to the crane from the dock for loading aboard the ship.
Definition
Dockmen
Term
The dock laborers who load and discharge cargo from ships are known as ____________.
Definition
Longshoremen
Term
The ________ is ultimately responsible for the physical safety and security of the facility and its contents.
Definition
The Security Chief
Term
The _______ supervises all routines relating to cargo brought to the terminal to be loaded on board outbound vessels.
Definition
Chief Receiving Clerk
Term
The signalman who directs the winch operations is known as the _____________.
Definition
Hatchtender
Term
The ____________ supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in the loading and unloading of the ships cargo.
Definition
Superintendent
Term
The ______ supervises all routines relating to cargo brought to the terminal from inbound vessels being turned over to consignees.
Definition
Chief Delivery Clerk
Term
The privileged position of _________ is earned by showing superior ability to perform the work of each person in the gang and by demonstrating the ability to enforce discipline.
Definition
Foreman
Term
True or False
Calculating accurately the length of time the ship must spend in port to work her cargo is a minor factor in making liner service schedules.
Definition
False
Term
True or False
In Capetown, South Africa, pilotage from the sea buoy to the ship's berth is compulsory and available only during daylight hours.
Definition
True
Term
True or False
The ISMA Code of Ship Management Standards is the most comprehensive of the codes.
Definition
True
Term
What is a ship chandler?
Definition
A ship chandler is a retail dealer who specializes in supplies or equipment for ships, known as ship's stores.
Term
The procurement of stores, spare parts, supplies, and services for ships is known as:
Definition
Ship Husbandry
Term
As delays occur, vessel schedules begin to overlap. This overlapping is known as ___________. Preventing this issue is one of the schedule makers' major objectives.
Definition
Bunching
Term
In attempt to improve the quality of vessel management services, a group of five ship management companies formed the____________________ in 1991.
Definition
ISMA
Term
Define the roll of a shipping agent:
Definition
A company or individual who represents the owner of the vessel in the vessel's port of call.
Term
The procurement of stores and services to support a ship is critical for safe and efficient operation. This task is facilitated by _________ and __________.
Definition
Chandlers and Agents
Term
Under the (1995)__________ ship owners and ship managers are required to ensure that the seafarers they employ are properly certified, detailed personnel records are kept to document sea service and training programs completed, and ships are to be crewed according to the flag-state requirements.
Definition
STCW Convention
Term
Match the term to the definition
1. Sundays and Holidays included in the lay time (shipowners favor):
2. All expenses connected with loading/ discharging/trimming(the leveling of bulk cargoes) are charged to the charterer:
3. Sundays and Holidays excluded in the lay time (charters favor):
Definition
1. SHINC
2. FIOT
3.SHEX
Term
True or False
Ship Agents should be up-to-date on all safety and compliance requirements and regulations applicable to the port and ensure the vessel complies fully.
Definition
True
Term
True or False
Brokers are paid a flat rate called and "agency fee" for the ship and cargo services.
Definition
False
Term
Match the correct term to the definition.
1. The days allowed to load/discharge ship:
2. The penalty assessed against the voyage charterer for holding the ship in port beyond the period specified for working cargo:
3. A premium payment made for reducing the time a ship must spend in port loading or discharging cargo:
Definition
1. Lay Days
2. Demmurage
3. Dispatch
Term
The Association of Ship Brokers and Agents adopted the___________ in 1949 that sets the bar for ship agents. As of 2004, all agents must abide by these guidelines in order to meet the association's certification criteria.
Definition
Code of Ethics
Term
The Government of the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly.
Definition
Administration
Term
An observed situation where objective evidence indicates the non-fulfillment of a specified requirement.
Definition
Non-Comformity
Term
A document issued to a Company which complies with the requirements of this Code.
Definition
Document of Compliance
Term
An identifiable deviation that poses a serious threat to the safety of personnel or the ship or a serious risk to the environment that requires immediate corrective action or the lack of effective and systematic implementation of a requirement of this Code
Definition
Major Non-Conformity
Term
The owner of the ship or any other organization or person such as the manager, or the bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for operation of the ship from the shipowner and who, on assuming such responsibility, has agreed to take over all the duties and responsibility imposed by the Code.
Definition
Company
Term
A document issued to a ship which signifies that the Company and its shipboard management operate in accordance with the approved safety management system.
Definition
Safety Management Certificate
Term
The International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention.
Definition
The ISM Code
Term
A structured and documented system enabling Company personnel to implement effectively the Company safety and environmental protection policy.
Definition
Safety Management System
Term
A statement of fact made during a safety management audit and substantiated by objective evidence.
Definition
Observation
Term
True of False
Only a judge can determine if you will be considered an expert witness for admiralty law cases.
Definition
True
Term
True or False
Most admiralty law cases are civil cases.
Definition
True
Term
If your vessel is US Flagged ____% of your crew must be US citizens.
Definition
75%
Term
True or False
A ship is required to operate under the laws of its flag state. These laws are applied if the ship is ever involved in an admiralty law case.
Definition
True
Term
True or False
When you take the license exam in the spring semester of your senior year you will be asked questions only pertaining to the position of the third mate.
Definition
False
Term
True or False
The second and third mate position in the US Code are the US equivalent to the "mate" position as defined in the STCW.
Definition
True
Term
There are "obligations" that apply to a vessel registered in the United States. Which of the following is not an obligation required by US Flagged vessels.
1. Laws
2. Taxes
3. Fees
4. Protection
Definition
Protection
Term
A vessel is an entity (a person) and as such it can be:
1. Arrested
2. Detained
3. Fined
4. All of the Above
Definition
All of the above
Term
Maritime Law is also commonly referred to as:
Definition
Admirality Law
Term
Which of the following exams are you not required to take in order to obtain your 3rd mate unlimited license:
1. Rules of the Road
2. Terrestrial
3. Stability
4. Oceans
Definition
Stability
Term
True or False
The Master of the vessel may permit an officer to take charge of the deck watch on a vessel when leaving or immediately after leaving port ONLY if the deck officer has been off duty for at least 6 hours within the 12 hours immediately before the time of leaving.
Definition
True
Term
The first federal licensing of mariners was required by the:
Definition
Steamboat Act of 1852
Term
The ______ issues all credentials for merchant mariners, and promotes the education of mariners seeking credentials.
Definition
NMC
Term
True or False
The Manila Amendments increased the weekly requirement for rest hours to 70 hours per week. The term "rest" is defined in the STCW Code as a person off duty, not performing work, allowed to sleep uninterrupted.
Definition
False
Term
True or False
The MMC serves as the identifying component which is used to safeguard vessel and port security.
Definition
False
Term
The term_________is an informal term for an officer of a merchant ship that began their journey by starting as an unlicensed merchant seaman, then getting the sea time, the training and classes needed, and the on-board assessments to qualify for and test for a license as a Third Mate.
Definition
Hawsepiper
Term
True or False
Merchant Mariner Credentials are NOT valid after expiration.
Definition
True
Term
Merchant Mariner Credentials are valid for a period of ____ from date of issue.
Definition
5 years
Term
Under the 2010 STCW Manila Amendments, which of the following is not a new training requirement:
