Assignment task 2 Task description: Activities involved in taking over of a vessel Task Length: 2000 words Due date: 28th April 2017 Background: You are a senior Marine Superintendent with a shipping company located in Singapore, and you report to your Technical Director. The company owns 12 handy max bulk carriers. Looking into the future commercial market and the available resources, the top management has decided to procure two second hand handy max bulk carriers, located in Taiwan. One of the first vessels in the list is registered in the U.K. and classed by Det Norske Veritas (DNV). Presently the vessel is at the port of Brisbane (Australia), loading scrap steel and expects to stay at Brisbane for a week, and then sail out to Jakarta (Indonesia) for discharging the cargo. After discharging of the cargo, the vessel will be at Jakarta anchorage for 10 days where the sale would take place. The vessel is 26,000 dwt., has 5 cargo holds and propelled by Mitsubishi 6UEC main engine delivering 8000 kW at 115 R.P.M at MCR, at a service speed of 14 knots. You have been assigned the responsibility of taking over this first vessel. The Task 1) Prepare of an agenda for a preliminary discussion with your technical director, seeking advise on key issues which in your opinion, are likely to occur during such take over bids. 2) Develop a pre-inspection checklist for taking over of a handymax bulk carrier. 3) Evaluate of the risks involved in the purchase of a handymax bulk carrier. 4) Explain of the o procedure to be adopted for selection of crew for this vessel. o procedure for Registration of vessel. o procedure for Third party inspection and classification survey of the vessel. 5) Outline a procedure for reporting back to your technical director. Take the above activities into account and develop a concise description for an overall plan for taking over of future second hand Handymax bulk carriers, for your shipping company located in Singapore. Justify your opinions.