You have water washed your cargo tanks using the fixed machines.What should you do before
A. Ventilate the tank to eliminate any electrostatically charged mist
B. Attach the water supply hose to the portable machine after the cleaning head is positioned inside the tank
C. Insure that the tanks are not stripped until the final wash is started
D. Ground the fixed machines to eliminate any electrostatic buildup on the cleaning head
While intuitively ABS believes the most likely failure mode leading to the initial flooding of the starboard tanks was a combination of a weakened section of the vessel's structure,coupled with severe wave impact force,their analyses of potential factors could ______ the contribution of any of these.
A. prove
B. disprove
C. neither prove nor disprove
D. reveal
Which statement is TRUE about the use of a“gob rope”________.
A. The gob rope is a mooring line for tying up lighters for working cargo alongside a vessel anchored in an open roadstead
B. The gob rope is used to secure the towline aft over the centerline of a tug
C. The gob rope is a line hung over a vessel's side to assist in boarding
D. The gob rope is a rope used in mooring a vessel to a buoy