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Ship Safety and Environmental Protection
268 questions across 32 papers, 2023 to 2026.
Ship Safety and Environmental Protection, known to candidates as SSEP, appears in 32 MEO Class 4 papers between 2023 and 2026, and the 268 questions collected here centre on safety procedures, fire safety and safety equipment. 90% 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.
268
Questions
32
Papers
90%
Repeat
9×
Most asked
What comes up most
- Safety procedures38%
- Fire safety50%
- Safety equipment38%
- Ship safety22%
- Bunkering25%
- Emergency procedures31%
- Firefighting19%
Share of the 32 papers each topic appears in. No single topic runs away with this paper — the seven commonest each turn up in 19–50% of sittings, so preparation has to stay broad.
Most repeated MEO Class 4 SSEP questions
Asked 9×
With reference to an emergency source of electrical power in cargo ships: (a) Describe a typical power source (10) (b) Give a typical list of essential services, which must be supplied simultaneously (5) (c) Explain how the emergency installation can be periodically tested (5)
Asked 9×
(a) Sketch a simple line diagram showing a shipboard oily water separator in series with a coalescing second stage. (8) (b) Briefly describe the above arrangement and its operations also state the allowable oil content in p.p.m. of the discharge effluent from such an arrangement. (8) (c) Explain how oil density and temperature relate to separation. (4)
Asked 7×
a) State the causes of scavenge fire in a two-stroke engine and explain how the possibility of such an occurrence can be reduced. (10) b) If a scavenge fire does occur what action should be taken? Discuss the use of CO2 and dry powder for extinguishing such a fire and describe a fixed installation for applying one of these chemicals (10)
MEO Class 4 SSEP past papers
Latest: September 2026
MEO Class 4 SSEP — September 2026
8 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — August 2026
8 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — July 2026
8 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — June 2026
8 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — March 2026
8 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — February 2026
8 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — January 2026
8 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — December 2025
8 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — November 2025
8 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — October 2025
8 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — September 2025
8 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — August 2025
8 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — July 2025
8 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — June 2025
8 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — April 2025
8 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — March 2025
8 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — February 2025
8 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — January 2025
8 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — September 2024
9 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — August 2024
9 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — July 2024
8 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — June 2024
8 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — May 2024
9 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — April 2024
9 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — March 2024
9 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — February 2024
9 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — January 2024
9 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — September 2023
9 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — August 2023
9 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — July 2023
9 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — June 2023
9 questions
MEO Class 4 SSEP — May 2023
9 questions
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