Scorpio Tankers and Anglo Eastern: Navigating New Horizons with DNS Sponsorships

Scorpio Tankers aka Scorpio group is an ownership company which manages tanker vessels all over the world. They have a fleet of 106 oil tanker vessels. The avg. age of vessels in the company is 8.5 years. Formally, they used to deal with bulkers too but decommissioned their bulk carrier fleet and are completely oil tanker-based company.

How to apply for DNS Sponsorship program?

Scorpio does not release any external forms. They have two ways of selecting candidates.

1. Internally through Maritime Institutes.

The maritime institutes like Tolani Maritime Institute and T.S. Rahaman releases their form where they collect data and share it to the Scorpio tankers to sort out the candidates based on the required eligibility and company requirement.

2. Externally through CV received on email.

A candidate can make a resume or CV and send it on crew.training@scorpiogroup.net on a specific time when they are open for recruitment.  The specific time is not publicly announced as the seats are limited and thus a trusted source’s intel must be taken into consideration to ensure that the CV is not overlooked.

Once the application is accepted, an email is received explaining about the further process.

Eligibility Criteria

• 12^th PCM % >= 65 in individually, i.e. >= in all Physics, Chemistry & Maths.
• 10^th or 12^th English % >= 50
• Only 1 year of drop is permitted For Aug. 2025 and Feb 2026, one should be either appearing for boards in 2025 or passed out boards in 2024.
• Age before commencement of course <= 20
• Valid Passport in-hand before course commencement
• Vision Should be 6/6 without aids. Vision correction methods like Cantura Vision and LASIK is allowed.
• The vision correction must be done 15 days before the medical examination.
• Colour Blindness is not permitted.

P.S. If 12^th result is obtained after improvement examination or there is a year gap between 10^th and 12^th, the candidate is not eligible for the DNS Sponsorship program of Scorpio tankers.

Company Speciality

• 1. Stipend for Deck Cadet: 600$ per month
• 2. Sea-time Required: 24 months 
• 3. Contract Duration: 1^st Ship- 6 months; 2^nd Ship- 9 months; 3^rd ship- 9 months;
• 4. Waiting period: 6 months for 1^st ship; No waiting for next 2.
• 5. Unlimited Internet
• 6. IMUmate’s Preference: No. 1

Selection Procedure

Once the application is selected through either of the way, the selection procedure comprises of the following stages:  

1. Online MCQ test

The MCQ test comprises of 50 Questions to be completed in 60 minutes. The level of test is easy and comprises of basic Aptitude, English, Geography & General Knowledge questions.

2. Online Group Discussion

Those who can clear the online MCQ test as per the determined cutoff of the Scorpio are subjected to appear for the Online Group Discussion Round where that topics are given on spot and appear in it as required. The communication skill and the authentic point of view is the key for the selection in the Group Discussion Round.

3. Online/Physical Interview

The Interview of Scorpio Tanker is the most critical phase for selection and thus should be focused on the most. The interview questions are uncommon and does not comprise more of technical questions. The interview is personality based. Geography and Current Affairs plays an important role too.

Sample Questions

Online MCQ Examination

Q1. There are 8 mangoes trees in a straight line. The distance between each mango with other is 3 meters. What is the distance between the first and the eighth tree

1. 21m
2. 24m
3. 27m
4. 29m

Q2. There is ____ a shortage of qualified teachers in England ___the government is paying students to train in teaching

1. So/as
2. More/than
3. Such/that
4. As/that

Q3. Take out the wrong number from the given series  3,4,9,33,136,685,4116

1. 3
2. 10
3. 34
4. 136

Q4. Electrons carry a

1. Positive charge
2. Negative charge
3. Neutral charge
4. Variable charge

Q5. Which one won the “Best Documentary Short” award in the Oscar 2023

1. Elephant Boy
2. Life Overtakes Me
3. The Elephant Whisperers
4. All That Breathes

Group Discussion Topics

1. Social a media – a boon or demon for the society.
2. The impact of technology on education.
3. Necessary reforms in education system.
4. Climate Changes in Environmental Conservation
5. Cricket in India

Interview Questions

• Introduction?
• How did you come to know about this field ?
• Why Scorpio?
• How did you prepare for the interview?
• Which companies you have applied?
• What are the types of ships?
• Cross question, what are ice breaker and LR2 vessel?
• How fish will survive in the colder part of ocean?
• Which are the ports nearer to your place?
• Tell me all ports which comes while going from Mumbai port to Haldia port?
• Where will rice cook faster, your place or Kashmir & why?
• Do you know about any current affairs?
• He then asked current event in my hobbies ie. Chess.
• Lastly, what do you think about life on a ship, is it hard or easy?

Anglo Eastern DNS Sponsorship

Anglo Eastern Ship Management aka AESM is a management company. Under its management, there are more than 700 vessels of all types which includes bulk carriers, containers, oil/chemical/gas tankers, RORO, passenger, etc. AESM has its own institute names as Anglo Easten Maritime Academy aka AEMA for training their cadets. The institute is situates in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Company Speciality

1. Stipend for Deck Cadet: 450$/month + overtime (avg. 150 $)
2. Sea-time Required: 18 months
3. Contract Duration: 1^st Ship- 6 months; 2^nd Ship- 6 months; 3^rd ship- 6 months;
4. Waiting period: 2/3 months for 1^st ship; No waiting for next 2.
5. Limited Internet. Internet connectivity depends on the owners. 
6. IMUmate’s Preference: No. 2

Eligibility Criteria

1. 12^th PCM % >= 70 %
2. 10^th or 12^th English % >= 60
3. Only 1 year of drop is permitted. For Aug. 2025 and Feb 2026, one should be either appearing for boards in 2025 or passed out boards in 2024.
3. Age before commencement of course <= 25
4. Valid Passport in-hand before course commencement
5. Vision Should be 6/6 without aids. Vision correction methods like Cantura Vision and LASIK is allowed.
6. Colour Blindness is not permitted.

Note: 

• If 12^th result is obtained after improvement examination, the candidate must get more than or equal to 75% in PCM.
• Eligibility for BSc. in Physics /Mathematic /Chemistry /Electronics with Physics.
  1. Any of the above-mentioned subjects should be an individual subject in one of the three years of course
  2. Average percentage not less than 65% in final year
  3. Passed 12^th grade with PCM aggregate not less than 65%
  4. 10^th or 12^th English % >= 60
• Eligibility for BE/B.Tech. Degree
  1. Average percentage not less than 65% in final year
  2. Passed 12^th grade with PCM aggregate not less than 65%
  3. 10^th or 12^th English % >= 60

How to apply for DNS Sponsorship program?

Anglo Eastern Shipping company has entitled their institutes, i.e. AEMA’s management to manage the cadet recruitment and training. After the completion of pre-sea training, the cadet is allotted a vessel managed by AESM and also is in touch with the institute for their mentoring and distance learning program to get the degree of BSc. Applied Nautical Science.

AEMA’s forms are open round the year and can be filled from their official website (aema.edu.in).
There are two batches for which the selection procedure is conducted round the year.
1. August Batch: 160 Seats
2. February Batch: 120 Seats
A candidate can refill the form only after 3 months of the previous application.

Selection Procedure 

The selection procedure of AEMA comprises of two stages:

• Centre Bases Online MCQ Exam Round
  1. 100 MCQ on English, Aptitude, GK & PCM. (100 marks) (120 minutes) (Negative Marking = 0.33)
  2. Psychometric Test. (296 Questions) (60 minutes) (All compulsory Questions)
  
• Interview Round
  1. Essay Writing
  2. Personal / Technical Interview
  3. Maths Qns. Solving 

Sample Questions

Online MCQ Examination

• If TRY is a right-angled isosceles triangle, then (Cos T + Cos R + Cos Y) =

1. √2
2. 2√2
3. 1 + √2
4. 1 + 1/√2

• When two bodies at different temperature are brought in contact, the heat flows naturally:

1. From the body at higher temperature to lower
2. From the body at lower temperature to higher
3. From both bodies to each other
4. From neither of the two bodies

• Which of the following will turn blue litmus solution red?

1. CH3OH
2. CH3COOH
3. CH3COOCH3
4. CH4

• Which of the following is an equation of line that will never intersect with line that has equation y=4x+2?

1. y+4x=3
2. 2y+4x=2
3. y-4x=-3
4. y+4x=-2

• Which of the following is measured in the unit ‘Farad’?

1. Voltage
2. Current
3. Resistance
4. Capacitance

• Which of the following is the most important treaty addressing maritime safety?

1. Spawn convention
2. Titanic convention
3. Economic convention
4. SOLAS convention

• Stainless steel is an alloy of iron with

1. Nickel
2. Chromium and nickel
3. Chromium and zinc
4. Manganese

• When two resistors R1andR2 are connected in series, the net resistance of the two is equal to 

1. R1+R2
2. R1-R2 
3. R1R2 
4. R1R2R1+R2 

• Which is the lightest element in the universe?

1. Helium
2. Hydrogen
3. Silicon
4. Nitrogen

• If x2-7x+12=0, what is the value of x

1. 2,4
2. 3,5
3. 3,4
4. 4,7

Interview Questions 

1. Essay Writing 
1. Your role model
2. What is Compassion for you?
3. What is success according to you?
4. How physical fitness is beneficial for health?
5. What is your favourite sport and why do you like it? 

Personal:

1) Introduction
2) Why Merchant Navy
3) Work of deck cadet
4) Strength and weakness
5) Tell me about your friends
6) Incident taken place in your life where you feel tensed. 

Technical:

1) Archimedes Principle
2) Upward force also known as
3) Opposite of Upward force
4) Pascal’s law
5) Type of fluid present in Pascal’s law
6) Bernoulli’s Theorem
7) Distinguish between Stars and planets when seen from naked eyes.
8) Why food cooks faster in pressure cooker.

Mathematics: 

1. The height of a tree is 15 m and it is broken, and the broken part makes an angle of 60° with the ground. What is the height from the ground to the broken part?
2. If bananas and apples together cost ₹15 and the cost of an apple is 10 more than the cost of banana, what is the cost of banana?
3. Angle of depression from a pole of height 100m is 60° on the boats on either side at noon the angle changes from 45 to 30 degree now find the distance between the boats
4. Which term of the A.P. 3, 15, 27, 29, … will be 120 more than its 21^st term?
5. PQ is a tangent at a point C to a circle with centre O. if AB is a diameter and 
   ∠CAB=30∘, find ∠PCA.