You are the relieving the Chief Engineer of a general cargo vessel of more than 1600 gross tons on an international voyage. You have just signed on the vessel and after reviewing the machinery running hours you notice the Emergency Generator has not been run in over sixty days. How would you proceed?

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During your next port stay arrange with the Captain to run the Emergency Generator under load for at least two hours.

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During your next port stay arrange with the Captain to run the Emergency Generator under a full electrical load for only one hour.

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During your next port stay arrange with the Captain to test run the Emergency Generator for two hours at 75% of full load.

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No action is required; the emergency generator only needs to run during loss of ship's power or during ship yard periods.