While a vessel is underway in periodically unmanned engine room status, the oily-water separator is undergoing extensive maintenance and repairs and will not be available for service for another 24 hours. With bilge holding tanks nearing capacity, as chief engineer you wish to be informed of when the oily-water separator is available for service. How would you best ensure that you will be so informed?

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The request would be written as a special instruction in the chief engineer's night order book.

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The request would be made of the duty engineer orally assuming that the word shall be passed on to his or her relief.

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The request would be written as a note posted in the vicinity of the engineering department coffee mess.

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The request would be written as a note inserted into the chief engineer's standing order book.