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Ship Safety, Emergencies, Maintenance & Managerial Skills
285 questions across 36 papers, 2018 to 2026.
Ship Safety, Emergencies, Maintenance & Managerial Skills, known to candidates as SSEMM, appears in 36 Chief Mate papers between 2018 and 2026, and the 285 questions collected here centre on ship safety, marine safety procedures and ism code. 75% 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.
285
Questions
36
Papers
75%
Repeat
13×
Most asked
What comes up most
- Ship safety94%
- Marine safety procedures89%
- Ism code11%
- Ship security11%
- Leadership11%
- Chief officer11%
- Maintenance6%
Share of the 36 papers each topic appears in. No single topic runs away with this paper — the seven commonest each turn up in 6–94% of sittings, so preparation has to stay broad.
Most repeated Chief Mate SSEMM questions
Asked 13×
With respect to “ISPS code” explains the following: a) Security assessment b) Ship Security Plan. c) Security Levels and Duties and responsibilities of every individual at various security levels.
Asked 7×
Q.2 a) What is Planned Maintenance system (PMS) and what are in advantages? Is it mandatory to have a PMS system and what regulation/convention? Can your ship be detained by a PSC inspector in an absence of a PMS on board? b) As a Chief officer how will you prepare a PMS for 5 ships cranes?
Asked 5×
a) What is Risk Assessment? b) Prepare a Risk Assessment sheet for entering in a double bottom space of a ballast tank. XX
Chief Mate SSEMM past papers
Latest: April 2026
Chief Mate SSEMM — April 2026
14 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — January 2026
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — October 2025
14 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — July 2025
14 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — April 2025
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — January 2025
13 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — October 2024
13 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — July 2024
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — April 2024
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — January 2024
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — October 2023
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — July 2023
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — April 2023
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — January 2023
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — November 2022
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — September 2022
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — August 2022
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — July 2022
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — June 2022
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — May 2022
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — March 2022
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — January 2022
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — November 2021
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — September 2021
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — July 2021
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — March 2021
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — December 2020
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — October 2020
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — January 2020
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — October 2019
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — July 2019
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — April 2019
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — January 2019
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — October 2018
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — July 2018
7 questions
Chief Mate SSEMM — April 2018
7 questions
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