Tentang Blog Pelaut Malaysia

Visi utama blog ini diwujudkan bagi menghubungkan semua pelaut-pelaut di Malaysia di bawah satu medium online. Misi kami untuk menyampaikan maklumat terkini tentang dunia pelaut, dalam dan luar negara, berkongsi apa sahaja info berkaitan kehidupan pelaut terutamanya kepada orang ramai bagi membuka mata mereka tentang kerjaya yang dianggap mencabar ini.

Sektor perkapalan penggerak ekonomi dunia

Tahukan anda perkapalan merupakan sektor paling penting bagi sesebuah negara. Hampir 90% daripada perpindahan cargo dari sebuah negara kenegara yang lain menggunakan kapal. Walaupun kerjaya kapal tidak popular di kalangan rakyat Malaysia, tetapi sektor perkapalan merupakan nadi ekonomi utama bagi Malaysia.

Akademi Laut Malaysia atau lebih dikenali sebagai ALAM

Di Malaysia sekrang terdapat banyak pusat latihan perkapalan antaranya ALAM, RANACO,PELITA dan banyak lagi. ALAM atau Akademi Laut Malaysia merupakan pusat latihan perkapalan yang pertama di Malaysia. Disini pada mulanya anak-anak Malaysia memulakan kerjaya sebagai seorang penakluk samudra yang berjaya.

Friday

Theme pirate dari google



Semua orang tahu google sering bertukar-tukar themenya. Just nak reviewpada kali ini semasa ingin search blog Alam, Akademi Laut Malaysia tiba tiba sangt terpegun melihat theme di atas.

Lanun.....

Ya bak kata orang putih theme Pirate. Lanun sememangnya sinonim dikaitkan dengan laut dan kapal. Mengimbas kembali kisah lanun Somalia yang pernah menahan kapal dagang Malaysia syarikat MISC iaitu kapal MV Melati untuk mendapatkan tebusan dari pihak syarikat. Dari segi pegalaman memang masih belom pernah di tahan oleh lanun sepanjang karier pelaut ini, tetapi masa akan datang kita sendiri pun tidak tahu.

"One Piece" pernah anda dengar? Mungkin bagi peminat manga ini one piece merukapan cerita manga terbaik mereka. Yala, merupakan world 1 manga fan yang mempunyai peminat paling ramai di dunia. Kisah berkenaan seorang budak getah yang telah memakan buah setan iaitu Luffy yang ingin menjadi " Pirates King"....Berlayar menuju new world bersama nakamanya dan menghadapi banyak cabaran dan dugaan. Begitu juga bagi seafarer atau pelaut yang banyak bekorban meninggalkan anak bini semata-mata untuk mencari rezeki.


PROUD TO BE SEAFARER

Saturday

Banjir di Kedah

ALOR SETAR 2 Nov. - Seramai 15,509 penduduk daripada 4,292 keluarga di beberapa daerah di Kedah dipindahkan ke pusat penempatan banjir akibat dilanda banjir teruk sejak semalam.

Daripada jumlah itu 10,834 penduduk daripada 3,108 keluarga adalah dari daerah Kubang Pasu, manakala 3,478 mangsa daripada 927 keluarga adalah dari Padang Terap, 709 penduduk daripada 154 keluarga di Kota Setar dan 488 penduduk daripada 103 keluarga di Pokok Sena.

Jurucakap bilik gerakan Majlis Keselamatan Negara, Ridwan Yahya berkata sebanyak 79 pusat penempatan mangsa banjir telah dibuka di keempat-empat daerah dan daripada jumlah itu, 31 di Kubang Pasu, 33 di Padang Terap, tujuh di Pokok Sena serta lapan di Kota Setar.


keadaan banjir sekitar menara Alor Setar


Sementara itu beliau berkata empat pusat di Padang Terap telah ditutup dan 166 penduduk daripada 42 keluarga telah pulang ke rumah masing-masing.

Antara kampung yang terbabit banjir di Kubang Pasu ialah, kampung Changkat Setoi, Paya Lantau, Malau, pekan Changlun, Jitra dan Kodiang, manakala bacaan paras air sungai Bata melepasi paras bahaya iaitu 10.22 meter (paras bahaya 9.14m).

Di Padang Terap antara yang terlibat ialah Mani A, Mani B, Mani C, Tanjung, Labi, Kuala Janing, Felcra Tualak, Bendang Raja serta Padang Sanai.

Bacaan paras air Sungai Kuala Nerang telah melepasi paras bahaya iaitu 20.94 meter berbanding paras bahaya 17.07 meter manakala tiga lagi sungai iaitu Sungai Padang Sanai di paras 33.45m (paras bahaya 36m), Sungai Kubu di paras 15.50m (paras bahaya 13.02m) dan Sungai Naka di paras 31.97 (paras bahaya 33m). - Bernama

Thursday

Visit to Akademi Laut Malaysia (ALAM)

19 May 2010



A MIMA delegation led by Director General, Dr. Pola Singh visited Akademi Laut Malaysia (ALAM) or Malaysian Maritime Academy, the country's premier maritime education and training institution on 19 May 2010. The objective of the meeting was to strengthen the cordial ties which have existed between MIMA and ALAM and to learn about the academy's roles in developing human capital in the shipping sector and the programs it offers.
Established in 1977, ALAM has grown from strength to strength and enjoys a reputation for offering high-quality Cadet training programs and excellent courses for the shipping industry. As a measure of the quality of its curriculum, ALAM has been accredited with the accredited with the DNV SeaSkill Certification for the Nautical Studies and Marine Engineering courses, and has developed strategic alliances with reputable international maritime institutions and organisations. Such international recognition provides testimony to the academy's tireless efforts to provide a disciplined and regimented professional education system. Such a system encourages ALAM students to learn, lead, strategise and adapt in equipping them with optimal competency and preparing them for a reputable career in the maritime industry.


ALAM's cadets in full concentration during a laboratory session. Among today's students at the academy will emerge tomorrow's seafarers and captains of the industry


During the meeting, a discussion was held with ALAM's top management led by its amicable and dynamic CEO, Mr. Adthisaya Ganesen. Several ideas for MIMA and ALAM to work together to address issues relating to human capital development in Malaysia's shipping industry and to promote seafaring to Malaysians as an attractive profession were explored. The MIMA delegation was also taken on a tour of ALAM's scenic campus by the Straits of Malacca which include visits to its state-of-the-art Simulation Centre which features full-mission Ship Handling Simulator, Engine Room Simulator and Liquid Cargo Operations Simulator.

Mr. Adthisaya Ganesen, ALAM's CEO (right) explaining the engine-room simulation system at the Engine Room Simulator Laboratory


It certainly was an eye-opening visit to the 'nerve centre of maritime excellence' that has produced many of Malaysia's finest merchant shipping seamen and women. The visit ended on a positive note with Dr. Pola and Mr. Ganesen expressing their commitment to get MIMA and ALAM to collaborate in areas relating to maritime education and training for the betterment of the Malaysian shipping sector and maritime industry.


The MIMA delegation with ALAM's senior management

Tuesday

Permohonan re-seat Oral di MARDEP




Peperiksaan Oral Jabatan Laut Malaysia (MARDEP) Officer in charge of Navigation watch of 500GT or more unlimited trade voyage untuk candidates 2nd attempt atau retake oral tahun 2010 telah dibuka oleh Jabatan Laut Malaysia. Peperiksaan dijalankan untuk 3 hari iaitu pada 06/08/12 hb 12/2010.


Application di bawah kod DC 11. Ikuti langkah-langkah di bawah :-

1) http://www.marine.gov.my/
2) Sebelah kiri website terdapat "perkhidmatan online" klik perkhidmatan pelaut

3) Kemudian akan terpanpar windows seperti di bawah.

4) Pilih Pelabuhan Klang seperti di bawah


5) Pilih "Examination Time Table" seprti di bawah

6) Pilih waktu yang sesuai untuk anda untuk " re-take" peperiksaan oral di Jabatan Laut Malaysia (MARDEP)


7) Masukkan no seaman card atau no kad pelaut anda.



  1. Sebelum apply anda perlu mendapatkan surat sah sebagai sebagai pelajar ALAM ( akademi laut malaysia) untuk di attach bersama dengan "form application" ini nanti.
  2. Pembayaran sebanyakl RM150 di kenakan
  3. Mengikut jadual hanya 4 candidate sahaja akan menduduki Oral pada tarikh yang di buka oleh Jabatan Laut.

Monday

Oral examination questions MARDEP (Jabatan Laut Malaysia)


This is some of collection question being asked by examiner when taking oral examination at Jabatan Laut Malaysia (MARDEP) for DNS 10 (ALAM cadet). All these question sincerely being contributed by DNS 10 themselves, last ORAL examination which being held on 18/10/2010 until 29/10/2010 at Port Klang and Pejabat Laut Melaka. Anyhow, congrates to pass candidates and special thanks for DNS 10 Akademi Laut Malaysia (ALAM) cadets for sharing this question.


Date: 18th Oct
Examiner: Capt Nazri
Duration: 50 mins
Status: Fail


- prefered channel to port & starboard region A
- taking over watch
- GPS posn & plotted posn very far, reason? (one question lead to another)
- sun azimuth Port Klang
- sun MP Port Klang
- radar plotting (plot, interpret, action)
- radar (THOROUGHLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND RADAR)
- RM, TM, ground stabilization, sea stabilization
- AIS (info from AIS, y cannot use for collision avoidance)
- rule 7 regarding visual bearing & radar
- how to take bearing using gyro
- difference between gyro bearing & radar bearing

Date: 18th Oct
Examiner: Capt Saat
Duration: 1 hr


-ship's particular: LOA? LBP? LSA?
-explain GRT, NRT, LOA, LBP, TPC
-rules 7 & 9 + explanation
-IALA maritime bouyage system: all characteristics
-lights & daylight signal
-anchor: preparation for anchoring; how to let go anchor; on chart how do see
-GMDSS area 1 - area 4
-distress signals rules 38 ANNEX IV
-RADAR: safe radar watch; how to set up radar+performance monitor; difference
between 10cm & 3cm radar
-EPIRB & SART
-immersion suit & TPA
-explain flash point & boiling point
-preparation for arrival port until the vessel alongside
-types of fire extinguisher
-compass errors methods & gyro error(how)
-difference between magnetic & gyro compass
-duties onboard; when keeping a solo watch
-emergency alarm: emergency; fire; abandon ship
-markings on survival craft container + how u maintain it (inspection)
+ IMDG CODE
in adddition: fav questions of Capt Saat
-principle of sextant: prove it
-meteorology: trs, ana-kata wind, land breeze, sea breeze, clouds formation
-seamanship
-ship stab: angle of LOLL, stable-unstable equilibrium
-publications on board
-NTM
-fav rules: 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 19 + explanation

Date: 18th Oct
Examiner: Capt Nazri
Duration: 50 mins
Status: Fail
-passage planning
-reefer cargo
-melaka strait rule
-ukc
-tpc
-is tpc is constant or change??
-cw
-true bearing of sun
-mp sun
-WHOLE RADAR PLOTTING
-INTERPRATE RADAR PLOTTING


Date: 18th Oct
Examiner: Capt Nazri
Duration: 50 mins
Status: Pass

-tarb book ship particular
-definition LOA,TPC, deadweight, lightship,GRT,NRT, bla3
-difference btween gps n ais
-explen gps
-precauition using gps
-limitation of gps
-how to ensure gps is givin accurate readin
-light n shape
-buoy n light characteristics
-rule 9,13
-explen evrythin abt chart
-what is wgs84
-what is accuracy of wgs84
-what is accuracy of gps
-depth in chart is measured fom which level
-collision situation

Date: 18th Oct
Examiner: Capt Nazri
Duration: 50 mins
Status: Fail

-passage planning- publications used and contents
-handover watch
-rule 3 (wbw)
-bouys
-true brg calc-sun
-MP time calc
-radar plotting,action n visualisation (as real as possible)
-DGPS
-GPS
-why position fixed on chart differ from GPS?explain.


Date: 18th Oct
Examiner: Capt Samad
Duration: 2.5 hours
Status: Pass

-Tell me about ur last ship-ship’s particulars
-Define GT, NT,Load & Light Displacement,Deadweight (how to calculate?)
-Principle of Archimedes/ what is GM/ how do u calculate KG
-Immersion suits location o/b ur last vsl & quantity o/b?
-Theory of MP & how to get Local time at Port Klang
-LNG carrier-cargo operation/ what is LNG/ R.D of LNG/draw cargo tank/temp?
-draw: the attachment of HRU,red weak link,senhouse slip,painter/ operation?
-radar plotting:hw to alter course/alter speed/ increase cpa/ OA
-True motion with ground stabilize & relative motion-explain the effect on radar displays
-why use RM for radar plotting
-effect of current/rate on water stationary target
-what is S-band radar
-Rule 2,3,5,17 (quote & explain) ….Rule 4,11 (quote only)
-Rule 8 –explain f(ii)
-Rule 9,10,18 (situations)
-Display of lights-PDV <50m>200m
-Crossing situation with pdv engaged in towing ops. from ur port
-Signals to attract attention/ sound signals in narrow channel
-Buoy : preffered channel only
-what VHF ch. to keep on watch, when transiting Melaca Straits ?..refer to??
-Orion’s Belt-naming stars..how to find ur ‘KIBLAT’/ most brightest star/ 1st pt Aries n Libra
-Winter & Summer Solstice
-fishing vsl shooting nets
-signals to attract attention…gives examples….
-what does ALL n ALRS stands for (no need for explanation)


Date: 18th Oct
Examiner: Capt Saad
Duration: 1 hours
Status: Pass
1. More on Meteorology (TRS-Sketch, cold front and warm front)
2. Situations... Head on and overtaking..
3. Electronic equipment..(GPS error, ECDIS, RADAR and ARPA,COMPASSES)
4. CHART symbols--- thats hard (but luckily he did't gave me such questions.)
5. Rules (code or explain...Better you explain coz he will ask you to explain in the end)
6.he doesn't like LSA and FFA questions.( I got only BA SET)
7. Seamanship (taking over watch in port and fire in bosun store...)
8. He ask so many question i think more than 30... the others i know u can do it..

tips.. Capt Saat is really great.. He is very considerate to your answers and He will help you as well..

Just dont make a silly mistake on rules and buoys..it will make you failed.. but others even just a very short answer its okei with him.. just make sure its correct and be confident...



Date: 19th Oct
Examiner: Capt Saad
Duration: 1.2 hours
Status: Pass
1) Last Ship Particulars
2) What is your cargo flashpoint?
3) what is MSDS
4) All Buoys
5) Explanation and word by word for Rule 1, 6, 10
6) What is safe working load?
7) SOLAS in general, when is it formed and what made the SOLAS formed?
8) MARPOL in general and chapters contained
9) Which ship is require to carry SOPEP?
10) Malaysia government comply with which of the annexes in MARPOL?
11) FFA in general, Name 2 equipments
12) Which of the portable fire extinguisher you use for oil fire?
13) GMDSS in general, name all the equipments to be carried onboard ship at each region.
14) OOW at port watch, fire at bosun store. Action?
15) Preparation before sailing... Action?
16)Proceedures to recceive pilot and rig pilot ladder.
17) NTM in General and its sections.
18) What is CLC?
19) Chart Symbols
20) what is the principle of WGS 84?
21) Lights and shapes
22) what is a safety plan?
23) how do you transmit distress alert by MF equipment?
24) Characteristics of lights, explain.


Date: 20th Oct
Examiner: Capt Azlan
Duration: 1 hours
Status: Pass
a) Publications for passage plan
b) ASD? ALL?
c) Details in ALL
d) Explain Fl(2)65m15M. What range is 65m & 15M.
e) How to do BGT (any SOLAS requirement)
f) How to do SGT as per SOLAS
g) Taking over watch at port
h) Rule 10 (explain)
i) Buoys
j) NTM - weekly, quarterly, cumulative, annually
k) ECDIS (general)
l) Difference between CMAP & ECDIS
m) Towing vsl port bow, action
n) PDV in TSS in general traffic flow, another PDV on stbd side, action
o) Lights, fog signal
p) How to send distress VHF DSC
q) How to maintain radio equipment
r) State requirement to do DSC alert
s) Define NUC, RAM


Date: 20th Oct
Examiner: Capt Azlan
Duration: 1.2 hours
Status: Pass
1.Publication for passage planning
2.GRT-definition and unit
3.DWT-definition and unit
4.Admiralty List of Light and fog signal- how many volumes and what are the lights contain inside the publication
5.REST PERIOD-explain according to STCW
6. ROR Rule 10- a)understanding
b) according to rule 10 a, which organization does it refer to? And why does the organisation adopt these rule 10?(I answered based on 1958 the first ship routeing was established in Dover straits in an area where traffic density is great and congested..etc)
7. Radar Plotting: ship course 090(T) X 12 kts
1700 190(T) 6’
1710 190(T) 5’
1729 190(T) 4’, take action based on rule 19 (pay attention to alteration of WO line if alter course or reduce speed)
8.Recite rule 19 word by word
9.you are onboard vessel of 150 m, LSA as per SOLAS
10. Maintenance of SCBA
11.Lights and Signal- Constrained by draught, NUC not making way through the water, towing vessel more than 50m length of tow less 200m(ENGAGE IN CROSSING SITUATION, ACTION)
12. T & P- explain and how you do the correction
13. How you determine your chart already corrected up to the latest
14.How to correct ASD
15. Buoys- east cardinal, safe water and special water: characteristic and function of the buoys
16. FWA
17. Take over watch at night, action
18. ISM-Explain, what is DPA and function?
19.ISPS- EXPLAIN
20.Is there any requirement stated in SOLAS that a vessel can carry only one lifeboat
21.All the lights in Malaysian water is it compulsory to be put in ALL?



Date : 22/10/2010
Time : 25 minutes
Examiner : Capt Azlan Bin Ahmad

1.Taking over watch in Port
2. How to update ASD and ALL and charts.
3.How to know your chart is uptodate or not?
4.Deviation calculation(from chart,var and compass error given)
5.Bouys- Safe water mark,isolated, special water,east cardinal
6.Towing vessel-light and shape and fog signal(All possibilities)
7.Constrained by draught-light and shape fog signaL
8.Rule 10, 19
9.Own vessel in TSS,PDV cross from stbd, action?
10.Restricted Visibility, heard sound signal forward of beam, action
11.anchor light, vsl more 100m
12.Light NUC,shape and fog signal
13.BA set maintenance
14.lifeboat equipment
15.MARPOL
16.Regulation of ANNEX 5 Marpol
17.What you know about radar and how many type and specification of S-Band and X-Band.
18.Method of taking compass error



Date : 22/10/2010
Time : 1 hour
Examiner : Capt Azlan Bin Ahmad

1.Joining as 2nd Officer, what should you do?
2.Passage planning APEM
3. How many ways to find compass error
4. Amplitude, Azimuth, Meridian Passage principle
5.Radar Plotting(restricted visibility)
6.Best time to take amplitude, draw the posn of the body and explain
7.MARPOL name all the annexes
8.Annex 1 MARPOL all requirement, everything that is important with regard to this annex
9.How to mark new danger beside using emergency wreck marking buoy
10.How to correct chart publication
11.How to obtained weather info(all available mean eg:Safetynet,navtex…)
12.How to know special water mark in the chart is serving what purpose in some area


Examiner : Capt Saat
Date : 23/10/2010

Compilation of question asked
1. TPC,LOA, Lightship,deadweight,GRT,NRT, ORB-definition
2. Rules 1,6,7,9,10,13,19
3. Buoys
4. Chart symbols( explain all the name )
5. Explain WGS 84
6. Accuracy of WGS 84
7. AIS & Ecdis
8. GPS
9. Precaution using GPS
10. How to determine GPS gicing right observation
11. Keppler’s Law
12. Adiabatic
13. Anabatic & katabatic
14. Range n bearing discrimination
15. Precaution and limitation of radar
16. ATT explain
17. FWA
18. TRS
19. Land sea breeze
20. Flags


Date : 24/10/2010
Time : 1 hour
Examiner : Capt Azlan Bin Ahmad

1.Passage Planning
2.Which publication you should use for passage plan
3.MARPOL
4.Annex 1, oil discharge requirement
5.Towing vessel 2 pt port bow, action
6.vessel at anchor-light characteristic
7.vessel restricted visibility-light characteristic
8.oil filtering/ODME
9.Buoys
10.M Notices
11.Which annex in marpol apply with MALAYSIA
12.Radar Plotting in RV
13.LSA last ship
14.Life raft capacity
15.distress signal annex 4- all
16.Chart Symbol-Rock(PA) ??
17.VHF receive distress/ MF/HF send distress
18.English Channel (steering failure,action)
19.how you send urgency msg
20. DSC frequency in VHF
21.ECDIS how frequently updated?
22.Which type of chart use in ECDIS and differerent between them


Date : 25/10/2010
Time : 1 hour pluss++
Examiner : Capt Mat Noor Kassim

-joining vsl as 3rd mate
-list out life boat equipment
-list out distress signal
-explain Rule 2
-describe bouy characteristics ( 3 bouy , i choose what bouy i want..nice~~)
-what is SOPEP....an as junior officer, how SOPEP can aid me for safe operation during bunkering..
-what is Fish Plate and its purpose
-crossing situation (Rule 15)
-what is TEU
-is it possible not fully load LNG cargo inside tank? just forget about the FSE...
ANSWER: yes..because of stability...if u dont believe me ..check stability booklet lah..
-squat effect
-lifeboat mantainance
-what is RADAR
-what is ECDIS
-what is passage plan
-actions in restricted
-what DWT
-MOB situations..action!!!!



** ok guys..3 things to bear in mind ..if MNK is your examiner..
i) good appearance and speak english as proper as you can
ii) show that u have a wide range of knowledge , eventhough you dont know
iii)he dont want detail answers if u can show him that u know the answer...(wayang2 la sket)

Date : 26/10/2010
Time : 1/2 hour
Examiner : Capt Mat Noor Kassim
-last ship cargo operation,cargo plan
-rule 13,14,15 n hafal name2 rule k..
-buoy
-annex 4
-LSA & FFA maintenance
-responsible 3rd mate
-passage plan
-life raft equipment

tips:dgn Cpt nie kene cool,ckp dgn yakin n good english..




Date : 26/10/2010
Time : 1 hour
Examiner : Capt Mat Noor Kassim
- Emergencies which may lead you to abandon the ship (as per MSCR course notes)
- Complications / Difficulties which may arise when trying to launch survival craft (as per MSCR course notes)
- Stowage of Liferaft (he wants to hear everything including the extra liferaft at the fwd)
- Difference btwn the Lifeboat on Passenger vessels and Cargo Ships (all the lifeboats on the passenger vessel together can accommodate the total number of ppl on the ship whereas the one on the cargo ship , each side can accommodate the total amount..this is what he wants to hear)
- GMDSS difference between passenger ship and cargo ship ( the portable radios and radar transponders)
- All buoys ( after the characteristics of the first one he just asked me to name the rest of them no need characteristics)
- Colregs (i was lucky, he did not ask me much, i just explained how many rules, how many annexes and how many parts and sections)
- CPA
- ECDIS
- Sextant Error
- LNG Cargo Pipelines, cargo operation and cargo equipment( he forgot to ask me most of it after he told me to draw the pipeline so take your time :) )
- ISPS: Security level 1, Security Level 3, SSO and SSO duties ( as per ayat skema ISPS if not he wont accept, i explained as best i could and was shot down)
- Certificates carried onboard (special attention to certificate of fitness)

That's all folks, i consider myself very lucky, i hope you guys will have the same amount of luck and eventually pass! GOOD LUCK!! (btw he is a very nice guy, eventhough he looks stern, he will try to pass you)


Examiner: Captain Saat
Date: 19-10-2010
Location: Melaka
Duration: 1hour 30minutes


1. Rule 1,5, 10
2. All bouys
3. Situations: Crossing, Overtaking
4. Bouy CHannel - Leaving and entering port. with fishing vessel in the channel.
5. Meteorology: TRS(sketch), warm and cold front, buys ballot law.
6. ISM, Marpol, IsPS
7. Fire in Bosun store.
8. Over taking watch at port
9. Hydrometer
9 Flashpoint,
10. BA set
11. LOA, LBP, Airdraft...
12. GPS, Radar , eCdis
13. Magnetic Compass, and gyro compass


date :28/10/10...
examiner:Mr.Lim
Question:

* STCW-watch in congested water
* deadweight,displacement(explain)
* radar plotting
* Rule 24,10,13
* buoy
* Parallel index
* towing light
* liferaft equipment
* load line(draw)

* discussion about last ship
* list down all navigation euipment
* star azimuth calculation
* action vsl aground
* action rcve distress alert by DSC (can u relay this distress)
* sailing vsl action..
* different gyro n magnetic & y we need 2 check C/Error
* chrono test..
* radar detect SART..how it appear at PPI


* action restricted visibility
* action heavy weather
* prediction of storm(buys ballot's law)
* steam line in cargo ship
* cargo operation
* ISM,ISPS
* Squat effect & interaction
* mine clearance light & shapes
* rule 19,,action to be taken..






**credit to DNS 10 (name of candidate is a privacy)

Oral Examination MARDEP 500GT or more unlimited voyages

Oral (dipetik dari kamus dewan bahasa dan pustaka) bermaksud peperiksaan lisan. Peperiksaan Oral merupakan titik tolak kerjaya bagi kadet ALAM. Sistem peperiksaan ini unik disebabkan bukan melalui peperiksaan bertulis sebaliknya merupakan peperiksaan secara "one by one" bersama examiner.

Untuk menghadapi peperiksaan Oral, persediaan yang rapi dari segi Mental amat diperlukan sekali, ini disebabkan oleh psycho oleh examiner untuk mengetahui tahap keyakinan seseorang candidate.


Peperiksaan Oral dijalankan di MARDEP (Marine Department), sama ada di Port Klang atau Jabatan Laut Melaka (di Pantai Puteri), bagi Oral Officer more 500GT and Unlimited Voyage. Tempoh pepriksaan yang dijalankan bergnatung kepada tahap kepuashatian examiner kepada candidate. Mungkin 15 minit atau 3 jam!!! Tetapi secara puratanya selama 1jam bagi setiap individu.

Apa yang diuji dalam Oral??? Dari segi kefahaman saya, soalan Oral di bahagikan kepada beberapa kategori iaitu, basic, average dan vital question. Untuk soalan vital melingkupi skop Buoy, Flag, Rule Of Road (ROR), Situation to avoid collision, dan Light and Shape signal. Untuk kategori vital, candidate yang memberi jawapan yang salah sama sekali akan Failure kerana akan dianggap competence untuk melakukan navigational watch atau OOW.

Untuk soalan average, candidate akan diuji dari segi chart symbol, passage planning,action in emergency situation, cargo operation dan bagi kategori basic pula candidate Oral di Jabatan Laut akan diuji dengan soalan seperti publication (ALL,ALRS,ATT,ASD,MARPOL,SOLAS,IMDG dll berkenaan dengan publication) serta soalan berkenaan dengan LSA dan FFA. Ini merupakan basic yang perlu ada dalam candidate yang akan menjalankan tugas sebagai 4th or jr 3rd officer onboard.

Bagi calon yang lulus dalam peperikasaan Oral dikelolakan oleh MARDEP, mereka akan diisukan oleh COC class 3, (certificate of competency). Tetapi bagi yang gagal dalam Oral, mereka boleh mengambil semula, apply secara online di Laman Web rasmi Jabatan Laut Malaysia, untuk tempoh menunggu selama 2 bulan.

Sedikit tips untuk ORAL di MARDEP

1) Berpakaian kemas
2) Pastikan shave (bagi lelaki)
3) Bawa nota-nota yang berkenaan
4) Handphone dalam keadaan baik (batery full)
5) No phone lecturer
6) Penampilan amat penting 1st impression untuk examiner
7) Pastikan confident dengan jawapan anda
8) Breakfast minum pagi.
9) Document penting seperi discharge book, TARB book dan certificate.
10) Banyakkan berdoa hilankan rasa gemuruh.

Friday

Fire extinguisher types

date :- 18 sept 2010


Please take note this only guideline. For more info kindly please read manual or see the expert when you about to dealing with these fire extinguisher especially when onboard ship or newbie user.




colour code of fire extinguisher


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Water Fire Extinguishers

Suitability
Wood, Cloth, Paper, some Plastics, Coal, People. Fires involving solids

Dangers
Not to be used on burning fat or oil or on electrical appliances

Method of Use
Point the jet at the base of the flames and keep it moving across the area of the fire. Ensure that all areas of the fire are out.

Theory
The water takes away the heat of the fire by cooling the burning material





Dry Powder Fire Extinguishers

Suitability
Wood, Cloth, Paper, Plastics, Coal, Liquids such as grease, fats, oil, paint, petrol.

Dangers
The powder is not good at getting into tiny spaces in electrical equipment easily so the the fire may re-ignite.
Not to be used on chip pan fires.

Method of Use
Point the nozzle at the base of the flames and, with a quick sweeping motion, drive the fire away from you until all the flames are out.

Theory
As well as knocking down flames, on burning solids it melts to form a layer or skin that smothers the fire.






Spray Foam Fire Extinguishers

Suitability
Limited number of liquid fires.

Dangers
Do not use on chip pan fires. Check manufacturer's instructions for suitability of use on other fires involving liquids.

These extinguishers are not recommended for home use.

Method of Use
Do not aim jet straight into the liquid. Where the liquid on fire is in a container, point the jet at a surface nearby the burning liquid. Allow the foam to build up and run across the liquid.

Theory
Forms a fire extinguishing film on the surface of a burning liquid. Has a cooling action with a wider extinguishing application than water on solid combustible materials.







Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Fire Extinguishers

Suitability
Liquids such as grease, fats, oil paint, petrol etc. but not on chip pan fires.

Dangers
Do not use on chip pan fires.

This type of extinguisher does not cool the fire very well and you need to watch that the fire does not start up again.

Fumes from CO2 extinguishers can be harmful if used in confined spaces: ventilate the area as soon as the fire has been controlled.

These extinguishers are generally not recommended for home use.

Method of Use
The discharge horn should be directed at the base of the flames and the jet kept moving across the area of the fire.

Theory
Vaporizing liquid gas which smothers the flames by displacing oxygen in the air.








Fire Blankets

Suitability
Fires involving solids & liquids. Excellent for small fires on clothing and for chip and fat pan fires

Dangers The blanket must completely cover the fire or it will not be extinguished.

Method of Use
Place carefully over the fire. Keep your hands away from the fire. Place the blanket down away from you.

Theory
Smothers the fire

Fire onbord how to prevent

date : 18 sept 2010


Fire is one of the most dangerous killers that we have known to encounter. Whether there is a fire on land or at sea, the only way to protect yourself is by knowing the right safety equipment to use and exactly how to use it.

Fire extinguishers have been around since the early 1800’s and have seen several improvements from many different chemists and inventors throughout all areas of the world. Understanding the different fire extinguisher signs also promotes the awareness of the crew on the proper use of fire extinguisher.

many type of fire extinguisher available in market

The fire safety tools as they are now known have become the best piece of firefighting equipment you can buy. One of the benefits of these types of firefighting tools is that they can be used both on land and at sea.

In the following article, you will find 3 key steps to keeping your ship safe from fire.

If you are a crew member on a large ship, there will need more tools, leg work and skills than for a smaller ship. You will need to make sure there are oxygen masks available for if running up and down decks with a hose will be necessary. While fire extinguishers may come in handy for tiny fires on a ship, they do not necessarily do much good unless contained early.

As there is nowhere safe for passengers and crew to flee to in case of a blaze, Understanding how to catch a fire in it’s infancy and putting it out before anyone dies is critical. This needs quick thinking, quick response time, and the proper education on the use of the tools needed.

With a fire on board, one of the most important steps is to call for outside help. The Coast Guard or the Navy should be available to come to your rescue if an evacuation is necessary. Everyone must abandon the ship unless you are a trained firefighter.

The less people are on board, the more space there will be for firefighters to move quickly and smoothly without interference. Time is of the essence when on a ship. Fires on ships take as many lives as a shipwreck.

If you are on a personal boat out with your family, you must have the right equipment onboard. This includes a radio/cb that has exceptional range so you can call out for help as soon as you need to. You must have flares, water, fire extinguishers that you can use to put out both electrical and flammable liquid fires, a fire suffocation blanket, and an oxygen mask.

Having a fully equipped medical kit would also be a wise decision. Make sure all members understand the proper use of each of the fire safety tools and what do say if calling in an S.O.S to the Coast Guard.


Remember This!

As in all things you do, being prepared on a ship or a boat for fire should just be something you do not have to think twice about. If you want to stay safe, using common sense, taking the time to research, practice and buy the necessary fire safety tools is what is needed to stay alive and safe out in the water.

Having tools such as fire extinguishers on hand for easy reach may mean the difference between catching a fire before it spreads or losing your life and your boat. Take the steps to stay safe and enjoy the experience of life on the water as it was meant to be enjoyed.

Seafrer wife loving him so much

date :18 sept 2010
source : www.goatlocker.org


loving him without hesitate


She watches closely, as he ascends the plank, to the ship that will now become his home, She stands fast and steady against the crowds, that his voice fade not from her ears, and his love not vanish in her memory.

As he reached the ship and stood upon her deck, he raises his voice and says: Though the sea bid me leave you, It is not without regret that I do so, yet I must go. For we are the keepers of the sea, ever seeking the lonelier way, I will begin nor end no day without thoughts of you, Brief will be my days among you, and briefer still my words I have spoken, though they be from my inner seafarers soul, I go with the wind but not into emptiness.
"She listens with her heart as she stands among the crowds, watching the departing of his ship upon the sea, each one possesses the knowledge of the winds beneath his wings without complete understanding".

She turns once more towards the sea, her soul crying out to him in its silent cry, singing, how often have you sailed away in my dreams, and now in my awakening, which is deeper than within my dreams How can she depart from her pain and aloneness without regret?
She closes her eyes, and prays in the silences of her soul. How shall I depart in peace, without sorrow, not without a wound, in my spirit shall I leave this shore, sadness engulfs her, with the thoughts of her lover in her heart.

Long are her days of pain, filled with the longing of his embrace, as long will be the nights of her aloneness: Not without thoughts, of what will not be, until his return, a heart made bittersweet, with hunger and thirst. For as the sea calls all things unto herself, so shall the sea quench her hunger and thirst.

She does not walk in vain, she has said in truth, that truth shall reveal itself in a clearer voice, and in more words closer to her own thoughts, If a day is not fulfilled of her needs and her love, then let it be a promise till another day, for no sunrise will find her where sunset left her.
She stands bare foot in the sands of the evening tide as the ocean spirit speaks to her, I know your joy and your pain, if this day is not a fulfillment of your needs, and your love, then let it be a promise till another day, when the tide brings back your lover, yet again from across the sea, to greet thee with his love.

Another breath, another loving look cast toward the sea, she sets her brow, her pride rising to take its place, as she holds its treasure in her heart, for the sea knows her joy is her sorrow unmasked, with head held high, its pride seen by all, who behold her beauty and are mystified at her strength, that only the seafarer of her wanting soul understands.
These are the wisdoms held deeply in the heart of the seafarers wife.

Thursday

7 lukisan paling terkenal di dunia

Masyarakat Malaysia khususnya bukanlah satu masyarakat yang memandang tinggi seni lukisan berbanding seni yang lain terutamanya seni hiburan. Hal ini berbeza dengan ketamadunan lampau seperti semasa zaman kegemilangan Renaissance yang bertumpu di tempat-tempat seperti Tuscans, Venice dan Rome di mana banyak pelukis terkenal muncul seperti Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael dan Michelangelo. Lukisan-lukisan ini bukan sahaja terkenal, malahan cantik dengan hasil seninya selain mahal harganya. Menelusuri sejarah seni tampak dan seni lukis ini, 7 lukisan yang paling popular di dunia.





1) Monalisa by Da Vinci

Monalisa juga dikenali sebagai La Gioconda atau La Joconde dihasilkan oleh pelukis terkenal di dalam sejarah peradaban manusia, Leonardo Da Vinci yang memulakan proses lukisan ini di Florence, Italy seawal tahun 1503 Masihi. Potret ini mengambarkan seorang wanita yang sedang duduk dengan ekspresi muka yang digambarkan sebagai sangat misteri. Ada yang beranggapan bahawa senyuman tersebut menggambarkan satu rahsia yang tersembunyi dalam hati Monalisa.

Lukisan ini menjadi terkenal kerana perincian yang dilakukan yang membawa kepada satu revolusi dalam dunia lukisan minyak (oil painting) sewaktu zaman Renaissance. Beberapa tahun kebelakangan ini juga, Monalisa hadir dengan kontrovesi setelah usaha baik pulih (restoration) menunjukkan tanda yang Monalisa ini sebenarnya adalah lelaki dan lukisan ini menggambarkan Leonardo Da vinci yang sebenar. Kesahihannya? Belum dapat dipastikan.







2) Last Supper by Da Vinci

Sekali lagi, Da Vinci membuktikan yang beliau adalah seorang painter yang disanjungi dan dikagumi di dunia. Dalam kitab Kristian, lukisan ini dikatakan menggambarkan hidangan terakhir Jesus yang dikongsi bersama 12 orang pengikut kuat Kristian digelar Twelve Apostle.

Untuk menunjukkan betapa terkenalnya lukisan ini, ia telah dijadikan bahan humor dalam cerita kartun terkenal, South park (diharamkan siaran di Malaysia) yang menggambarkan lukisan ini sebagai asas kenapa Easter Celebration (perayaan telur) menjadikan arnab sebagai simbol.





3) Creation of Man by Michelangelo.

Michelangelo menghasilkan lukisan ini dalam tahun 1508 ke tahun 1512. Ia banyak dipengaruhi oleh elemen Kristian dimana lukisan ini dihasilkan untuk satu gereja sewaktu zaman kegemilangan Kristian semasa Renaissance. Lukisan ini digambarkan oleh 9 gambaran kejadian dalam buku Book of Genesis dimana buku Kristian, Creation of Adam menjadi terkenal. Oleh kerana teknik ilusi 3D yang dicipta dalam painting ini, painting ini dikatakan setaraf hanya dengan potret Monalisa karya Da Vinci.





4) The birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli

Kanvas digunakan sebagai medium untuk melukis lukisan terkenal ini yang dianggarkan dihasilkan dalam tahun 1485 ke tahun 1487. Lukisan ini juga mendapat pengaruh Kristian dalam abad ke-16 dimana kelahiran Venus digambarkan. Ahli falsafah terkenal dunia Plato ada mengatakan bahawa Venus dikatakan sebagai dewi bumi (earthly goddess) yang membangkitkan ghairah manusia ataupun dewi syurga (heavenly goddess) yang menginspirasikan cinta spiritual dalam diri mereka. Venus juga dianggap dewi tercantik dan dengan melihat Venus, manusia akan lebih dekat dengan Si Pencipta.




5) Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh

Starry Night adalah lukisan paling terkenal Vincent Van Gogh yang hanya menjual satu lukisan dalam sejarah hidupnya. Beberapa faktor penting membawa kejayaan lukisan ini. Antaranya:

  • Langit malam dilitupi awan berpusar, bintang dengan terang sinar cahayanya dan juga bulan mengambang, satu gambaran malam yang mengasyikkan.
  • Dibawah lereng bukit adalah satu gambaran pekan kecil dengan struktur pembinaan yang sangat mendamaikan memberi satu ekspresi penuh suasana pekan kecil di zaman awal kegemilangan empayar Eropah. Di tengah-tengah pekan adanya satu menara gereja yang tinggi yang mendominasi semua bangunan kecil disekitarnya.
  • Di sebelah kiri lukisan ini adanya satu struktur hitam yang besar yang menutupi skala gambaran objek disekitarnya seperti rumah dan langit yang membawa kepada ilusi kedalaman (depth) lukisan ini.




6) Seine Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat


Seurat, satu nama unik yang menghasilkan lukisan santai ini. Lukisan ini menunjukkan gambaran masyarakat Paris yang menikmati perkelahan tengahari di sebuah taman. Dua tahun dihabiskan untuk menghasilkan lukisan ini dimana lukisan unik (rare) ini yang digamiti emosi mendalam dalam setiap watak dalam lukisan ini selain tema misteri yang ditampilkan. Teknik ‘dot’ yang lebih dikenali sebagai ‘pointillism’ atau ‘divisionism’ digunakan yang membawa kepada warna yang lebih cerah berbanding melukis dengan teknik berus (strokes). Gambaran lukisan dibayangkan membawa kepada satu dunia alternatif dimana dunia diberhentikan dan satu emosi kecantikan, pancaran cahaya matahari dan kesunyian diekspresikan, satu gambaran daripada dunia Seurat yang tidak mahu ditinggalkan.






7) Las Meninas

Las Meninas atau Maid of Honours dalam bahasa Inggeris adalah satu lukisan terkenal Diego Velazquez, seorang pelukis warga Spain yang dihasilkan pada tahun 1656.Diego adalah seorang pelukis perintis dalam era kegemilangan Spain yang dikenali sebagai Spanish Golden Age. Komposisi lukisan ini yang sangat kompleks dan misteri membawa kepada kegemilangannya. Dikhabarkan satu persoalan ilusi dan realiti timbul kerana perhubungan yang sangat penuh dengan uncertainty diantara viewers dan juga lukisan orang yang dilukis. Gambaran sesetengah watak melihat ke posisi viewers atau orang yang melihat gambar. Ini mewujudkan interaksi dua hala antara watak lukisan dan orang yang melihat lukisan ini, seterusnya menimbulkan satu ilusi unik.


credit to : http://duniakuduniamu.com

Wednesday

Piala Malaysia 2010

date : 16 september 2010
sumber : http://www.malaysiansuperleague.com


piala malaysiaPiala yang menjadi buruan setiap pasukan

PIALA Malaysia 2010 dibuka tirainya malam tadi dengan pasukan pilihan mengalami nasib berbeza. Juara Liga Super Selangor menang selesa di tempat sendiri tapi bagi naib juara Kelantan, kekalahan kepada juara bertahan Negeri Sembilan ibarat satu tamparan.

Rehat sepanjang Ramadan tidak menjejaskan perancangan Selangor yang menang 3-1 ke atas T-Team, hasil jaringan D. Surendran, Rudie Ramli dan R. Surendren manakala Rosli Muda membalas jaringan tunggal T-Team.

Sejumlah 21 jaringan terhasil pada malam pertama Piala Malaysia 2010 dan lima daripadanya di Kangar, dengan Perlis mencatat kemenangan secara dramatik apabila penyerang kebangsaan Ahmad Fakri Saarani menyumbang dua gol, termasuk gol kemenangan pada saat-saat akhir.

Di Kota Bharu, pengadil Yusof Karim menghadiahkan sepakan penalti buat pelawat Negeri Sembilan apabila S. Subramaniam menjatuhkan Idris Karim pada minit ke-73. Pemain tengah, Abdul Halim Zainal, tanpa segan silu tampil menyempurnakan penalti, memperdayakan penjaga gol Kelantan, Syed Adney Syed Hussain.

Kedah mengikat Johor FC 1-1. Baddrol Bakhtiar membuka tirai jaringan seawal minit ketiga tetapi Johor FC akhirnya memastikan satu mata apabila Wan Rohaimi Ismail menyamakan kedudukan tiga minit sebelum tamat.



Keputusan


Kumpulan A

Kelantan 0
Negeri Sembilan 1
(Abdul Halim Zainal penalti m-73)

KL Plus 0
PKNS 1


Kumpulan B

Terengganu 1
Pahang 3

Kuala Lumpur 0
Sabah 0


Kumpulan C

Johor FC 1
(Wan Rohaimi Ismail m-88)

Kedah 1
(Baddrol Bakhtiar m-3)

Perak 2
ATM 2


Kumpulan D

Selangor 3
(D Surendran m-50, Rudie Ramli m-79, R. Surendren m-91)
T-Team 1
(Rosli Muda m-93)

Perlis 3
(Ahmad Fakri Saarani m-55, 92, Azrul Ahmad m-84)
Felda United 2
(Faturazi Rozi m-49, G. Puaneswaran m-85)


Light recognition

ship light


Questions about light recognition

(Q) A Pilot vessel Underway - what lights can he put out if he was Underway but not Making way
(A) None, the only time he can put navigation lights off is is he is tied to the pier, at anchor or aground


(Q) When condition of visibility would you sound the following?

(i) One short blast
(ii) Two short blasts
(iii) Three short blasts
(iv) Five or more short and rapid blasts
(v) Two prolonged blasts followed by one short
(vi) Two prolonged blasts followed by two short blasts
(vii) One prolonged blast that is sounded in a narrow channel to alert any vessels coming around a bend

(A) When vessels are in sight of one another


(Q) When do you put your navigation lights on?
(A) From Dusk till Dawn and in any conditions of restricted visibility


(Q) You see a single white light - what vessels can it be?
(A) It can be one of 6 vessels

(i) A stern light
(ii) A vessel at anchor under 50 metres in length
(iii) A power-driven vessel under 12 metres
(iv) A power-driven vessel under 7 metres with a maximum speed of less than 7 knots
(v) A Sailing vessel under 7 metres
(vi) A rowing vessel with a torch of lighted lantern


(Q) A single green light what vessel is it?
(A) A sailing vessel


(Q) How can you stop yourself from mixing up a pilot vessel with a fishing vessel engaged in fishing other than trawling?
(A) A trawler and a vessel engaged in fishing other than trawling have the coloured lights at the top - the pilots coloured light is at the bottom


(Q) A vessel engaged in towing another vessel with the tow over 200 metres - what is the arc of the top masthead light?

(A) 225 degree


(Q) What are the arcs of visibility of the bottom 2 white lights?
(A) They're both 2250


(Q) When does a pilot vessel sound 4 short blasts on the ships whistle and what is the condition of visibility?
(A) This is only sounded in restricted visibility - he can sound it whenever he want's as it's his identity signal


Tips

If overtaking another vessel in a Narrow Channel and you get no response from him for you to overtake him (his whistle may be broken for him to sound Morse "C")
He may give you the International code Flag "Charlie"

When refueling the captain wants to hear you'll put up International Code Flag "Bravo"

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