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Cargo Handling & Stowage
447 questions across 37 papers, 2018 to 2026.
Cargo Handling & Stowage, known to candidates as Cargo Ops, appears in 37 Chief Mate papers between 2018 and 2026, and the 447 questions collected here centre on cargo handling, stowage and ballast operations. 74% of them have been asked more than once, so the fastest preparation is the questions that keep returning rather than the syllabus end to end.
447
Questions
37
Papers
74%
Repeat
33×
Most asked
What comes up most
- Cargo handling97%
- Stowage89%
- Ballast operations86%
- Bulk cargo14%
- Draft survey11%
- Imdg code11%
- Imsbc code14%
Share of the 37 papers each topic appears in. No single topic runs away with this paper — the seven commonest each turn up in 11–97% of sittings, so preparation has to stay broad.
Most repeated Chief Mate Cargo Ops questions
Asked 33×
M.V. "Hindship" arrived port in a loaded condition with drafts F 9.20 m, A 9.30 m, Midship 9.30 m in water density 1.005 t/m³. Calculate quantity of cargo discharged if the ship is to sail out with draft of 6.50m, with an expected hog of 12 cm. The draft marks are 3m aft of forward perpendicular, 1.5m abaft midships & 5m aft of after perpendicular.
Asked 29×
A box shaped cargo oil tank 30m x 20m x 15m is to be loaded with crude oil at the temperature of 24°C. Density at 15°C in vacuum 0.8550 kg/litre. If 4% of the volume of the tank is to be left for expansion, calculate the quantity of oil loaded and the final ullage by the measuring tape at the ullage port located 2m forward of aft bulkhead, 1m above tank top and 3m to the port of center line of the tank. LBP = 240M, trim = 3m by astern. List = ½° (S).
Asked 12×
a) Describe the procedure to check weather tightness of hatch covers with their advantages and disadvantages. b) Describe the precautions to be taken if cargo has to be carried under Fumigation.
Chief Mate Cargo Ops past papers
Latest: July 2026
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — July 2026
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — April 2026
17 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — January 2026
20 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — October 2025
20 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — July 2025
20 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — April 2025
20 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — January 2025
20 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — October 2024
20 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — July 2024
20 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — April 2024
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — January 2024
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — October 2023
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — July 2023
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — April 2023
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — January 2023
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — November 2022
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — September 2022
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — August 2022
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — July 2022
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — June 2022
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — May 2022
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — March 2022
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — January 2022
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — November 2021
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — September 2021
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — July 2021
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — March 2021
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — December 2020
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — October 2020
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — January 2020
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — October 2019
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — July 2019
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — April 2019
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — January 2019
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — October 2018
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — July 2018
10 questions
Chief Mate Cargo Ops — April 2018
10 questions
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