Port State Control Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Cargo ships of ___GT or more have to have Emergency source of power adequate for 6 hours? - Correct Answers ✅5000GT or greater (74 SOLA, REG 26 (a)(ii)(3)) Cargo ships of less than 5000 GT must have Emergency source of power adequate for ____ hours? - Correct Answers ✅3 hrs (74 SOLAS, REG 26 (a)(ii)(4)) Each self-propelled vessel over 1600GT must carry charts that are currently corrected with changes contained in what publication? - Correct Answers ✅Notices to Mariners or equivalent government publication (33 CFR 164.33(c)) The Administration or RO should perform at least one intermediate verification of the Safety Management System (SMS); if only one, then it should be between ___ and___ months of original Safety Management Certificate (SMC)? - Correct Answers ✅24,36 (NVIC 04-05) PSCE targeting matrix can be found in what document? - Correct Answers ✅MSM Vol II, Chap D, Section 4 Which Organization promotes high standards in ship safety and the prevention of marine pollution through information exchange and adoption of common technical practices? - Correct Answers ✅IMO (IMO website) 1 / 3
Port State Control Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) The Load Line Mark shall consist of a ring ____ inches in diameter and ____ inches wide. - Correct Answers ✅12, 1 (International Convention on Load Lines 2003, Annex 1, Ch. I, Reg. 5) The Load Line Mark shall have a horizontal line dissecting the ring that is _____ inches in length. - Correct Answers ✅18 (International Convention on Load Lines 2003, Annex 1, Ch. I, Reg. 5) The center of the ring shall be placed amidships and at a distance equal to the assigned _______ freeboard? - Correct Answers ✅Summer (International Convention on Load Lines 2003, Annex 1, Ch. I, Reg. 5) The horizontal lines on the Load Line mark shall be ____ inches in length and ____ inches wide. - Correct Answers ✅9, 1 (International Convention on Load Lines 2003, Annex 1, Ch. I, Reg. 6) The deck line is a horizontal line ____ inches in length, and ____ inches in width that is marked amidships. - Correct Answers ✅12, 1 (International Convention on Load Lines 2003, Annex 1, Ch. I, Reg. 4) The vertical line of the Load Line shall be placed _____ inches forward of the center of the plimsol mark (ring). - Correct 2 / 3
Port State Control Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Answers ✅21 (International Convention on Load Lines 2003, Annex 1, Ch. I, Reg. 5) Timber load lines are marked where in comparison to the plimsol mark (loadline mark)? - Correct Answers ✅Abaft (International Convention on Load Lines 2003, Annex 1, Ch. I, Reg. 8) Which ships only need Fresh Water and Winter North Atlantic Load Line Marks? - Correct Answers ✅Sailing Ships (International Convention on Load Lines 2003, Annex 1, Ch. I, Reg. 6 (7)) What does an international vessel have to submit to the National Vessel Movement Center (NVMC) with the Notice of Arrival (NOA)? - Correct Answers ✅Document of Compliance (DOC), Safety Management Certificate (SMC), International Ship Security Certificate (ISSC) (33 CFR 160.206(a)) Who is issued a Document of Compliance (DOC)? - Correct Answers ✅Every company which complies with the requirements of the International Safety Management code (ISM Code, Part B, Reg. 13.2)
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