Take over a vessel as a chief officer

Report to master, hand over appointment letter/ introductory letter, CoC and other certificates, sign article of agreement.

Meet the outgoing C/O.

Go through handing over note.

Emergency stations and duties.

Ship’s dimension, lay out, particulars.

LSA and FFA plans

Normal loading and discharging procedures.

Stability booklet and hydrostatic data.

Damage Stability booklet.

Oil record books, entries.

Garbage record books, entries.

Loadicator

Piping diagram: ballast, FW, bilges.

Capacity plans

Lashing plans

Cargo securing manuals

Stowage plan

Bridge equipment, navigation equipments, emergency steering procedures.

Planned maintenance schedule

Current state of maintenance

Status of deck stores, equipments. Take inventories of various deck stores, lashing gears.

Any requisition made or to be made.

Go through mate’s log book.

Status of various statutory certificates, expiry, validity.

Any survey due, perpetrations required.

Chain register, entries in chain register.

Certificates for lifting gears, attached equipments, wires and ropes etc.

Operational manuals.

Condition of lifting machineries and mooring equipments.

Any outstanding repairs.

Peculiarity of ports, stevedores working hours, interaction with shore personnel, lifting of stores, water, bunker, provisions.

Port regulation, restrictions, cargo documents required, draft restrictions, day-night berthing/unberthings.

Shore leave, gangway, watchman.

Pilferage by shore gang.

Deck watch, anchor watch, piracy watch arrangements.

Morale of crews, ability and weakness.

Work rotation, overtime system.

Officer-crew relationship.

Efficiency and performance of other duty officers regarding cargo operation.

Jobs regarding to training and assessments

ISM files to maintain

ISM documents to send to company, their frequencies.

Condition of deck, hatches, hatch covers, lifting machineries.

Hold ventilation systems

Anti-pollution and bunkering procedures

Emergency procedures

Report any discrepancy to master

Sign take over document

Docking plan.

Dry dock repair list.

Repair works to be done onboard and by dry dock personnel.

Surveys to be done on dry dock.

Safety regulations, hot works, chemical washings, men entry to enclosed spaces.

Emergency contacts/ actions.

Power and water supply, telephones.

Take over drain plugs.

Sewage and garbage disposal arrangements.

Status of LSA, FFA, anything sent ashore.

Instructions to duty officers and crews.

Undocking stability calculations, tank conditions.

Closing-opening arrangements of hatches.

Bay plans

Stowage of containers

Stowage of IMDG containers, cargoes.

Stowage of refer containers

Container lashing gears

Normal stacking height

Ballasting-deballasting rates

Grain loading booklet

High density cargo loading procedures

Load density of deck, tank tops.

Capacities of load/discharge top side tanks.

Check condition of compressors

Check any deficiencies in maintaining temperatures

Insulations of compartments in good condition.

Brine seals of tween deck.

Conditions of gratings and dunnages.

Power operated W/T doors working properly

FFA in all decks in good condition

Electrical wiring maintained

Cargo securing arrangements

Bow door closing/opening arrangements and alarms

Lighting arrangements

Operation of cargo pumps, eductors

Cargo piping system

Ballast piping and pumping system

IG system and lines

Gas detection system, operation, calibration.

Cargo tank washing procedures

Procedures for loading different grades

Crude oil washing system (crude carriers)

Cargo compatibility and segregation

Special precautions required for certain cargoes.

Cargo tank washing procedures

Previous cargoes

Vapor lines, reliquefaction lines

Reliquefaction plants

Cargo change over procedures

Cargo conditioning procedures

Cargo loading and discharging procedures in various ports

Type of tanks.

Controlling boil off.

Tank insulation.

Inerting procedures of primary and secondary barriers.